PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16022142
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["428", "323000"]

Abstract:
A support structure is fabricated below a printed object to form a structure that prevents or minimizes a drag on a floor while the object shrinks during sintering.

Claim (Index 4):
An article comprising:\n an object formed of a build material including a metal powder sinterable into a final dense part and a binder system that carries the metal powder into position within a print and retains the metal powder in a net shape for the object; a support structure for the object, the support structure formed from a support material to provide a physical support to the object during printing and sintering, the support structure including a structure to prevent or minimize a drag on a floor while the object shrinks during sintering; and an interface material between the object and the support structure, the interface material including a ceramic that will not sinter under time and temperature conditions used to sinter the build material in the object.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.20833
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15469371', '15469432', '15868481', '15469170', '15469444']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9060688185028616
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.509946076525496
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.866456544305125
- Mean Citation Score: 298.8589800000001
- Max Citation Score: 309.00586
- Similarity Product: 259.02281187105655

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

Dataset: test