PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875752
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["355", "067000"]

Abstract:
Projection exposure methods, systems, sub-systems and components are disclosed. Methods can include performing a first exposure to image a first sub-pattern of the pattern, where the first sub-pattern includes a plurality of first features extending in a first direction and spaced apart essentially periodically at a predominant periodicity length P in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first exposure can be performed using a multipolar illumination mode that includes at least one substantially dipolar intensity distribution having two illumination poles positioned on a pole orientation axis substantially parallel to the second direction and spaced apart from each other.

Claim (Index 44):
The illumination system of  claim 40 , wherein during use:\n the array of individual elements is configured to generate a basic intensity distribution including areas of the poles of the dipolar intensity distribution and extending beyond the areas of the poles; the illumination system further comprises a blocking device arranged at or close to the pupil surface of the illumination system where the basic intensity distribution is generated, or at or close to a pupil surface optically conjugate thereto; and the blocking device is designed to block areas of the basic intensity distribution which lie outside the region desired for the pole shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59701
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12483733', '13358158', '12795014', '11817903', '13299062']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7357801974113514
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5833570714269715
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7205378848129134
- Mean Citation Score: 319.930164
- Max Citation Score: 538.63965
- Similarity Product: 448.9901949224172

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

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