PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15910604
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["073", "775000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a microelectromechanical device for mechanical characterization of a specimen. In one embodiment the device may incorporate a substrate, at least one first flexure bearing and at least one second flexure bearing, both being supported on the substrate. First and second movable shuttles may be used which are supported above the substrate by the flexure bearings so that each is free to move linearly relative to the substrate. Ends of the movable shuttles are separated by a gap. A thermal actuator may be connected to one end of the first movable shuttle, and operates to cause the first movable shuttle to move in a direction parallel to the surface of the substrate in response to a signal applied to the thermal actuator. A first capacitive sensor may be formed between the first movable shuttle and the substrate, and a second capacitive sensor formed between the second movable shuttle and the substrate.

Claim (Index 16):
A method for mechanical characterization of a specimen material using a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, the method comprising:\n applying specimen material across a gap formed between adjacently positioned ends of a conductive first movable shuttle and a conductive second movable shuttle, such that the specimen material is rigidly affixed to the ends of the first and second movable shuttles, and wherein an entirety of the first movable shuttle is a conductive, single layer, monolithic unit, and wherein the specimen is directly formed on or secured to the adjacently positioned ends of the first and second movable shuttles; axially moving the first movable shuttle to stretch or compress the specimen material in controlled fashion; and measuring a displacement of each one of the first and second movable shuttles.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27778
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13506103', '14098781', '14218970', '12172323', '12607550']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6329890892832527
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4920193285908263
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.61889211321401
- Mean Citation Score: 165.84983599999995
- Max Citation Score: 217.0862
- Similarity Product: 162.34399423453806

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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