PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866525
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["425", "078000"]

Abstract:
A powder spreader is presented. The powder spreader includes a base element having at least a first side and a spreading element including a sheet having a curved portion protruding from the at least first side of the base element, where the curved portion of the sheet is substantially free of a discontinuity. An additive manufacturing apparatus including the powder spreader is also presented.

Claim (Index 9):
An additive manufacturing apparatus, comprising:\n a build platform disposed in a chamber; a powder spreader movable above a surface of the build platform, the powder spreader comprising:\n a base element having at least a first side facing the build platform; and \n a spreading element comprising a sheet having a curved portion protruding from the at least first side of the base element, wherein the sheet is partially coupled to the base element to form the curved portion and wherein the curved portion of the sheet is substantially free of a discontinuity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88889
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15109020', '11088133', '15179566', '15108977', '14428939']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6712046315890622
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.46884493962559
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.650968662392715
- Mean Citation Score: 154.459114
- Max Citation Score: 168.64076
- Similarity Product: 135.27268460823296

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

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