PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924265
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["117", "200000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for purifying materials using a rapid directional solidification. Devices and methods shown provide control over a temperature gradient and cooling rate during directional solidification, which results in a material of higher purity. The apparatus and methods of the present invention can be used to make silicon material for use in solar applications such as solar cells.

Claim (Index 10):
The mold of  claim 8 , wherein an intersection of the rectangular shaped wall structure and the bottom includes a rounded profile.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.40816
- Patent Class: 117.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13234960', '14776536', '12947936', '14375743', '14409433']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.721035526818971
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5217309244655368
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7011050665836276
- Mean Citation Score: 206.579158
- Max Citation Score: 317.12958
- Similarity Product: 275.5622094489062

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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