PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961819
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["257", "432000"]

Abstract:
Narrowband light filters, and methods of manufacturing such light filters, are provided. A narrowband light filter may include at least two electrically conductive bodies, an electrically conductive thin film layer disposed between the at least two electrically conductive bodies, at least one protective oxide layer disposed on the thin film layer and electrically conductive bodies, and at least one slit disposed through the electrically conductive thin layer. In various embodiments, the electrically conductive bodies give the narrowband light filter a mirrored structure in exemplary embodiments of the invention. The narrowband filters may also include one or more slits. Multiple slits may be configured to make the narrowband filtration polarization-independent. A plurality of narrowband light filters may be configured into pixel arrays. Pixel arrays may also be used in multispectral or hyperspectral imaging apparatus and techniques.

Claim (Index 20):
A method for manufacturing a narrowband light filter, the method comprising:\n preparing a substrate formed of a dielectric material; depositing an electrically conductive thin film onto the substrate; depositing a resist material onto the electrically conductive thin film and patterning the resist material such that at least two regions of the electrically conductive thin film corresponding are exposed having a protected region disposed therebetween; depositing an electrically conductive material within the at least exposed regions of the electrically conductive thin film to form at least two electrically conductive bodies having a region of electrically conductive thin film disposed therebetween; removing the resist material; depositing a protective oxide layer onto the electrically conductive thin film and at least two electrically conductive bodies; milling at least one slit through the region of electrically conductive thin film such that a portion of the substrate is exposed; depositing an additional layer of dielectric material atop the exposed substrate, electrically conductive thin film, and at least two electrically conductive bodies; and wherein the electrically conductive bodies and slit are configured in a relative geometry such that a resonance is created in electromagnetic radiation incident thereon such that only electromagnetic radiation of a specific spectral band is passed through the at least one slit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14493
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11638042', '13452313', '13429283', '14723194', '15313927']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9105480666924866
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4694842334126442
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8664416833645023
- Mean Citation Score: 175.28787200000005
- Max Citation Score: 177.94484
- Similarity Product: 140.70878392238615

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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