PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16167372
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["438", "054000"]

Abstract:
A method for forming a unique, environmentally-friendly micron scale autonomous electrical power source is provided in a configuration that generates renewable energy for use in electronic systems, electronic devices and electronic system components. The configuration includes a first conductor with a facing surface conditioned to have a low work function, a second conductor with a facing surface having a comparatively higher work function, and a dielectric layer, not more than 200 nm thick, sandwiched between the respective facing surfaces of the first conductor and the second conductor. The autonomous electrical power source formed according to the disclosed method is configured to harvest minimal thermal energy from any source in an environment above absolute zero. An autonomous electrical power source component is also provided that includes a plurality of autonomous electrical power source constituent elements electrically connected to one another to increase a power output of the autonomous electrical power source.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for forming an electrical power source element, comprising:\n forming a first conductor of a first conductive material on a support surface, the first conductor having a first facing surface facing away from the support surface and a second surface opposite the first surface facing the support surface; surface conditioning the first facing surface of the first conductor to have a comparatively low work function value measured in electron volts (eV); providing a second conductor formed of a second conductive material, the second conductor having a first facing surface and a second surface opposite the first facing surface, the first facing surface of the second conductor having a work function value in a range of at least 1.0 eV greater than the work function value of the surface conditioned first facing surface of the first conductor; and arranging the second conductor such that the first facing surface of the second conductor faces the first facing surface of the first conductor, the second conductor being arranged to form a gap between the first facing surface of the first conductor and the first facing surface of the second conductor, the gap being in a range of 100 nanometers or less in thickness, such that a resultant structure of the electrical power source element causes the electrical power source element to generate electric potential between the first conductor and the second conductor at any temperature above absolute zero.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83908
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16024905', '15894902', '15484036', '15484054', '15095065']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8629105457969544
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5323218494808535
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8298516761653443
- Mean Citation Score: 338.61478
- Max Citation Score: 356.47876
- Similarity Product: 336.1459424671698

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

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