PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16155297
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["250", "307000"]

Abstract:
Producing and storing a first image, of a first, initial surface of the specimen; In a primary modification step, modifying said first surface, thereby yielding a second, modified surface; Producing and storing a second image, of said second surface; Using a mathematical Image Similarity Metric to perform pixel-wise comparison of said second and first images, so as to generate a primary figure of merit for said primary modification step.

Claim (Index 9):
A charged-particle microscope comprising:\n a source to provide a beam of charged-particle radiation; an illuminator to direct the beam of charged-particle radiation to irradiate a surface of a sample; a detector to receive a flux of radiation emanating from the sample in response to the irradiation by the beam of charged-particle radiation, the detector coupled to produce an image of at least part of the surface; an apparatus to modify the surface of the sample, the apparatus coupled to modify the surface using a process chosen from the group comprising material removal, material deposition, and combinations thereof, wherein the modification is based on a first set of operating parameters of the apparatus; and a processor, coupled at least to the detector and apparatus, including code that, when executed by the processor, causes the charged-particle microscope to:\n acquire a first image of a first surface of the sample; \n modify, with the apparatus operating in response to a first set of operating parameters, the first surface to produce a modified surface; \n acquire a second image of the modified surface; \n determine a level of similarity between the first and second images; \n compare the level of similarity to first and second thresholds; and \n based on the level of similarity being above the first threshold, perform a first modification of the modified surface, and \n based on the level of similarity being below the second threshold, perform a second modification of the modified surface, the second modification different than the first modification.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15177242', '15787352', '14752570', '14884520', '14326341']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6899179985610038
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5125865380455439
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6721848525094578
- Mean Citation Score: 202.742652
- Max Citation Score: 330.8625
- Similarity Product: 314.0116849221289

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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