PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16062395
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["356", "400000"]

Abstract:
In an apparatus and method for multi mask alignment, a carrier is provided that includes apertures therethrough. For each aperture, a combination frame and shadow mask that includes alignment features is positioned on spacers supported by the carrier with the shadow mask of the combination in coarse alignment with the aperture. Next, each combination frame and shadow mask is moved to a position spaced from the spacers whereupon the alignment system, under the control of a controller, individually aligns each combination frame and shadow mask to align the alignment features of the combination with reference alignment features associated with the combination. Each combination frame and shadow mask is then returned to a position on the spacers whereafter each combination frame and shadow mask is secured to the carrier. In an example, all of the combination frames and shadow masks can be aligned simultaneously.

Claim (Index 15):
A multi-mask alignment method comprising:\n (a) providing a carrier that includes a plurality of apertures therethrough; (b) for each aperture, positioning a combination frame and shadow mask that includes alignment features on spacers supported by the carrier with the shadow mask of said combination in coarse alignment with the aperture; (c) following step (b), an alignment system moving each combination frame and shadow mask to a position spaced from the spacers; (d) following step (c), the alignment system individually fine or precision aligning each combination frame and shadow mask to align the alignment features of said combination with reference alignment features associated with said combination and not part of the carrier or the combination; (e) following step (d), returning each combination frame and shadow mask to a position on the spacers; and (f) following step (e), securing each combination frame and shadow mask to the carrier, wherein at least step (d) is automatically performed under the control of a controller.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36923
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15518506', '14748685', '14812076', '13695488', '15076523']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6655111682004804
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5607958814805541
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6550396395284879
- Mean Citation Score: 268.775498
- Max Citation Score: 430.0557
- Similarity Product: 365.5613766778529

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