PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15997452
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["348", "080000"]

Abstract:
A spectral imaging device ( 12 ) includes an image sensor ( 28 ), an illumination source ( 14 ), a refractive, optical element (24A), a mover assembly ( 24 C) ( 29 ), and a control system ( 30 ). The image sensor ( 28 ) acquires data to construct a two-dimensional spectral image (13A) during a data acquisition time ( 346 ). The illumination source ( 14 ) generates an illumination beam ( 16 ) that illuminates the sample ( 10 ) to create a modified beam ( 16 I) that follows a beam path (16B) from the sample ( 10 ) to the image sensor ( 28 ). During the data acquisition time ( 346 ), the control system ( 30 ) controls the illumination source ( 14 ) to generate the illumination beam ( 16 ), and controls the image sensor ( 28 ) to capture the data. Further, during the data acquisition time ( 346 ), an effective optical path segment ( 45 ) of the beam path (16B) is modulated.

Claim (Index 20):
A spectral imaging device for generating a two-dimensional spectral image of a sample, the spectral imaging device comprising:\n an image sensor that includes a two-dimensional array of sensor elements that are used to acquire data to construct the two-dimensional spectral image during a data acquisition time; a tunable mid-infrared laser illumination source that generates a mid-infrared, illumination beam that illuminates the sample; an imaging optical assembly that collects light from the sample and forms a two-dimensional spectral image of the sample on the image sensor, the imaging optical assembly including at least one refractive optical element; and a control system that (i) controls the illumination source to generate the illumination beam during the data acquisition time, and (ii) controls the image sensor to capture the data during the data acquisition time; wherein the illumination beam and the collected light follow a beam path having an effective optical path segment; and wherein the effective optical path segment is modulated at least approximately three microns through at least one cycle during the data acquisition time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.94118
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15081743', '15109570', '15680019', '15840476', '14353487']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6056743528428495
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5425153888536812
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5993584564439327
- Mean Citation Score: 291.328154
- Max Citation Score: 380.68124
- Similarity Product: 352.5386916514159

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

Dataset: test