PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882801
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["438", "054000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure relates to methods for manufacturing devices capable of functioning as thermoelectric generators and related objects by the process of additive manufacturing or by 3-D printing or by casting. This disclosure also particularly relates to the uses of the thermoelectric generators and related objects produced by these methods.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of fabricating a thermoelectric device, comprising:\n a. operatively connecting an array of p-type components to a first non-conducting substrate; b. operatively connecting an array of n-type components to a second non-conducting substrate; and c. assembling the array of p-type components with the array of n-type components to form a thermoelectric generator, wherein the array of p-type components comprises a first set of interconnects operatively connected to respective p-type legs to form the array of p-type components, the first set of interconnects comprising a plurality of interconnects, each interconnect comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, each p-type leg comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of each p-type leg is operatively connected to the first end of the respective interconnect of the first set of interconnects to form an L-shaped configuration; and wherein the array of n-type components comprises a second set of interconnects operatively connected to respective n-type legs to form the array of n-type components, the second set of interconnects comprising a plurality of interconnects, each interconnect comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, each n-type leg comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of each n-type leg is operatively connected to the first end of the respective interconnect of the second set of interconnects.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64516
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15181298', '12242810', '11352113', '10440992', '11668765']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.844307002241712
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6081878516685966
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8206950871844004
- Mean Citation Score: 270.778804
- Max Citation Score: 560.2081
- Similarity Product: 478.6782853080392

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

Dataset: test