PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977976
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["073", "028010"]

Abstract:
A system and method are described for determining properties of particulates. The device collects particulates on the surface of an oscillating balance and compares the natural resonant frequency of the balance with the particulates with a balance without particulates. In addition, the collected particulates are illuminated with light that is absorbed by the particulates. This causes the balance to heat up, affecting the natural resonant frequency. A comparison of the natural resonant frequencies reveals optical properties of the collected particulates, which may be used to speciate the particulates.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for measuring properties of a sample of collected particulates with a device including a computer, one or more resonators, and one or more electronic oscillator circuits having an output proportional to a natural resonant frequency of the resonator, said method comprising:\n measuring a first natural resonant frequency of a first resonator with an electronic oscillator circuit, where the first resonator includes a surface having collected particulates, where the measuring is performed while the surface is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength that is at least partially absorbed by the collected particulates; measuring a second natural resonant frequency of a second resonator with an electronic oscillator circuit, where the second resonator does have collected particulates, where the measuring is performed while the surface is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation of the first wavelength; measuring a third natural resonant frequency of a third resonator with an electronic oscillator circuit, where the third resonator has an optical coating on the surface and does not include collected particulates, and were the measuring is performed while the surface is illuminated with electromagnetic radiation at the first wavelength; and determining, according to programming of the computer, a property of the sample accepted on the first surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81132
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13574135', '14970140', '13476989', '14775497', '13278032']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6441567980680541
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4738935938244944
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6271304776436982
- Mean Citation Score: 155.63388600000005
- Max Citation Score: 160.4986
- Similarity Product: 120.3982296806574

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

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