PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15908119
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["264", "497000"]

Abstract:
A method for determining a bed temperature setpoint for use with a powder in a selective laser sintering machine is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a powder comprising a polymer for use in a selective laser sintering machine. The method further includes the step of determining a ratio of a liquid portion of the powder to a solid portion of the powder as a function of temperature within a temperature range. A bed temperature setpoint is selected in the temperature range corresponding to a desired ratio of the liquid portion of the powder to the solid portion of the powder. A temperature of a bed of a selective laser sintering machine is set to the selected bed temperature setpoint, and a part is built from the powder using the selective laser sintering machine.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for determining a bed temperature setpoint for use with a powder in a selective laser sintering machine, comprising the steps of:\n providing a powder comprising a polymer for use in a selective laser sintering machine; determining a melt curve for the powder in a temperature range between a temperature when the powder is a solid and a temperature when the powder is a liquid, the melt curve representing the energy required to increase the temperature of the powder in the temperature range using differential scanning calorimetry; selecting a point on the melt curve at which the sample has a desired ratio of a liquid portion of the powder to a solid portion of the powder; selecting a bed temperature setpoint in the temperature range by selecting the temperature that corresponds to the selected point on the melt curve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.02128
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14472817', '13705332', '15872598', '12349204', '14894231']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7961951691007477
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5552055494631659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7720962071369896
- Mean Citation Score: 274.081198
- Max Citation Score: 423.2908
- Similarity Product: 377.6277543283463

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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