PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15909388
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["425", "174400"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems and/or software to form one or more three-dimensional objects, some of which may be complex. The three-dimensional objects may be formed by three-dimensional printing using one or more methodologies. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional object may comprise an overhang portion, such as a cavity ceiling, with diminished deformation and/or auxiliary support structures.

Claim (Index 28):
The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the hard portion comprises a plurality of layers that are stacked layerwise to form the hard portion, a layer of the plurality of layers defines a layering plane, wherein a stacking vector corresponds to a stacking direction of the plurality of layers, which stacking vector is normal to the layering plane, wherein a ledge vector is normal to a surface at a point on an exterior surface of the ledge and is in a direction of an interior of the ledge, wherein the ledge vector has a positive projection onto the stacking vector, wherein the stacking direction of the plurality of layers is indicative from (1) any directional melt pool that is included in the plurality of layers, (2) a direction opposite from any auxiliary supports or auxiliary support marks, (3) a direction of a surface comprising hatch decomposition marking, (4) any asymmetric surface roughness indicative of print orientation, or (5) any directionality in grain orientation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43137
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15909826', '15909406', '15909784', '15909809', '15374616']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7753295841939869
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5309886254567275
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.750895488320261
- Mean Citation Score: 351.9514220000001
- Max Citation Score: 383.48505
- Similarity Product: 273.084583868292

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

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