PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16049657
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["355", "030000"]

Abstract:
A thermally regulated component is an optical element or chuck for holding an optical element, or a stage for same, or combination thereof. The component has first and second heat-transfer zones. The first has a first component surface that receives a heating influence such as incident electromagnetic radiation. The second has a second component surface. A conduit circuit extends in the component serially through the first and second heat-transfer zones, back to the first heat-transfer zone, and contains an electrically conductive liquid (e.g., liquid metal). A vibration-free pump (e.g., MFD pump) coupled to the conduit circuit induces flow of the liquid through the circuit. A heat-exchanger is in thermal contact, but not actual contact, with the second component surface. Thus, heat delivered to the second heat-transfer zone by the liquid flowing in the conduit circuit flows from the second component surface to the heat-exchanger.

Claim (Index 1):
A thermally regulated component, comprising:\n a first heat-transfer zone including a first component surface that receives a heating influence; a second heat-transfer zone including a second component surface; a conduit circuit extending in the component through the first heat-transfer zone, continuing in the component through the second heat-transfer zone, and returning to the first heat-transfer zone, the conduit circuit containing an electrically conductive liquid that includes at least one metal; a substantially vibration-free pump coupled to the conduit circuit and inducing flow of the electrically conductive liquid through the conduit circuit; and a heat-exchanger situated in thermal contact with, but not contacting, the second component surface such that heat, delivered to the second heat-transfer zone by the electrically conductive liquid flowing in the conduit circuit, flows from the second component surface to the heat-exchanger.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12699767', '13026129', '11712243', '10228813', '15179257']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6771957423273828
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4963139037949697
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6591075584741415
- Mean Citation Score: 180.23324
- Max Citation Score: 322.0098
- Similarity Product: 315.9988102634668

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test