PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16144013
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["355", "055000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of optimizing within an inspection apparatus, the position and/or size (and therefore focus) of a measurement illumination spot relative to a target on a substrate. The method comprises detecting scattered radiation from at least the target resultant from illuminating the target, for different sizes and/or positions of said illumination spot relative to the target; and optimizing said position and/or size of the measurement illumination spot relative to the target based on a characteristic of the detected scattered radiation for the different sizes and/or positions of said illumination spot relative to the target.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of optimizing within an inspection apparatus, the position and/or size of a measurement illumination spot relative to a target on a substrate, the method comprising:\n detecting a characteristic of scattered radiation from at least the target, resultant from illuminating the target, for different sizes and/or positions of the illumination spot relative to the target; and optimizing the position and/or size of the measurement illumination spot relative to the target based on the detecting for the different sizes and/or positions of the illumination spot relative to the target.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14583
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15842958', '15683216', '15378962', '14794013', '15875156']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7226508214529553
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4849280431925478
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6988785436269147
- Mean Citation Score: 259.99947000000003
- Max Citation Score: 273.88882
- Similarity Product: 228.1465640024757

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

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