PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954853
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["378", "005000"]

Abstract:
An X-ray inspection system for scanning items is provided. The system includes: a stationary X-ray source extending around a rectangular scanning volume, and defining multiple source points from which X-rays can be directed through the scanning volume; an X-ray detector array also extending around the rectangular scanning volume and arranged to detect X-rays from the source points which have passed through the scanning volume; a conveyor arranged to convey the items through the scanning volume; and at least one processor for processing the detected X-rays to produce scanning images of the items.

Claim (Index 20):
An X-ray inspection system to scan an object, comprising:\n a housing enclosing a scanning volume; a conveyor to transport the object through the scanning volume for inspection; a multi-focus X-ray source having a plurality of X-ray source points arranged in a non-circular geometry around the scanning volume, wherein field of views of X-ray beams generated by each of said plurality of X-ray source points vary across said plurality of X-ray source points; a first detector array positioned between the X-ray source and the scanning volume, wherein said first detector array has a plurality of multi-energy detector modules arranged in a non-circular geometry around the scanning volume to detect X-rays transmitted through the object during scanning; a second detector array positioned between the X-ray source and the scanning volume to detect X-rays diffracted from the object during scanning, wherein said second detector array has a plurality of energy dispersive detector modules located behind a plurality of associated collimators that are angled to the X-ray beams; and a processor for simultaneously generating a tomographic transmission image using said X-rays transmitted through the object and a tomographic diffraction image using said X-rays diffracted from the object in order to identify threat.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 378.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13532862', '12142005', '14848176', '13370941', '13870407']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7448399518452404
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4624841653972261
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.716604373200439
- Mean Citation Score: 278.99685200000005
- Max Citation Score: 286.82764
- Similarity Product: 229.4560804396152

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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