PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112281
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["118", "696000"]

Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method are provided for processing articles. The system includes subsystems for synthesizing, pre-treating, conducting a vapor phase coating process and post-treating articles in the form of powders and solid or porous workpieces. The apparatus permits vapor phase synthesis, treatment and deposition processes to be performed with high efficiency and at high overall throughput. The methods include converting solids, liquids or gases into gaseous and solid streams that can be separated or exchanged with or without treatment and/or coating steps, and produce optimized composite articles for specific applications.

Claim (Index 1):
An atomic layer deposition apparatus for processing articles comprising:\n a) a first chamber having at least one of each of a first solids phase inlet, a first solids phase outlet, a first vapor phase inlet and a first vapor phase outlet; b) a second chamber having at least one of each of a second solids phase inlet, a second solids phase outlet, a second vapor phase inlet and a second vapor phase outlet; c) a first solids phase valve assembly or solids phase pump assembly in fluid communication with said first solids phase inlet of said first chamber, said first solid phase valve assembly or solids phase pump assembly having at least two actuation mechanisms; d) a first vapor phase valve assembly or vapor phase pump assembly adjacent to and in fluid communication with said first vapor phase inlet of said first chamber, said first vapor phase valve assembly or vapor phase pump assembly having at least one actuation mechanism; e) a second solids phase valve assembly or solids phase pump assembly in fluid communication with said second solids phase inlet of said second chamber, said second solid phase valve assembly or solids phase pump assembly having at least two actuation mechanisms; f) a second vapor phase valve assembly or vapor phase pump assembly adjacent to and in fluid communication with said second vapor phase inlet of said first chamber, said second vapor phase valve assembly or vapor phase pump assembly having at least one actuation mechanism; and g) a common signal hub.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48529
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12148885', '13203602', '14782316', '11356725', '14186258']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7888862680141806
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4720842682129591
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7572060680340584
- Mean Citation Score: 139.029744
- Max Citation Score: 141.5473
- Similarity Product: 98.83426263921258

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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