PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16390058
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["355", "067000"]

Abstract:
A method for inspecting a spatial light modulator includes: performing such control that in an inspection target area in an array of mirror elements, the mirror elements in a first state in which incident light is given a phase change amount of 0 and the mirror elements in a second state in which incident light is given a phase change amount of 180° (π) become arrayed in a checkered pattern; guiding light having passed the inspection target area to a projection optical system with a resolution limit coarser than a width of an image of one mirror element, to form a spatial image; and inspecting a characteristic of the spatial light modulator from the spatial image. This method allows us to readily perform the inspection of the characteristic of the spatial light modulator having the array of optical elements.

Claim (Index 29):
An exposure method for exposing an object, comprising:\n supplying exposure light; providing a spatial light modulator having a base and a plurality of mirrors, each reflecting the exposure light, each of the plurality of mirrors being arranged on the base in parallel with the base; projecting a pattern onto the object with the exposure light, using a projection optical system; receiving light from the plurality of mirrors of the spatial light modulator by way of the projection optical system; and providing an output regarding deforming state of the base.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08451
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14241951', '13825634', '15485456', '16246215', '15011145']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.730017519797419
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5367489450103178
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7106906623187089
- Mean Citation Score: 333.9251700000001
- Max Citation Score: 400.25018
- Similarity Product: 378.73705155144455

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test