PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15913338
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["427", "446000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure sets forth an automated apparatus and method for applying gas plasma coatings to aircraft engine parts. The process and apparatus employ a plurality of sensors which continually monitor various process parameters associated with the coating process. If any of the measured parameters fall out of tolerance, the coating process is interrupted to allow a user to fix the source of the problem, where upon the process is reengaged. Moreover, the process and apparatus employ a pause resume circuit which uses predetermined durations for pausing and resuming the coating process.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for plasma coating aircraft engine parts, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing an apparatus comprising: i. a spray unit; ii. a plurality of sensors, the plurality of sensors sensing a plurality of coating process parameters; and iii. a controller, the controller including a pause/resume circuit and being communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors; pausing the coating once one of the plurality of process parameters falls out of tolerance; and resuming the coating process once the plurality of process parameters are back within tolerance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.62295
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13367844', '10423237', '11199294', '11870928', '09505803']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7601404976404575
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4773038591060717
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.731856833787019
- Mean Citation Score: 114.206286
- Max Citation Score: 192.01595
- Similarity Product: 152.96884130838214

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

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