PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16141529
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["315", "111210"]

Abstract:
This disclosure is generally directed to controlling energy distribution to a load, especially when anomalous events are detected. Benefits of the present disclosure include minimizing the length of a discharge event, mitigating the effects of an electrical discharge, and to improvements in inducing the ignition of a plasma. Methods and systems consistent with the present disclosure improve the control of operating conditions within a chamber and improve the ability for more rapidly initiating plasma ignition in a chamber.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for igniting plasma in a direct current (DC) plasma system, the method comprising:\n providing an applied voltage to a plasma chamber of a direct current (DC) powered plasma system at a first voltage level, the first voltage level different from an operating direct current (DC) voltage of the plasma chamber; changing the applied voltage provided to the plasma chamber to a second voltage level, wherein the second voltage is different from the operating voltage of the plasma chamber and the operating voltage is between the first voltage level and the second voltage level; and returning the applied voltage to the plasma chamber to the first voltage level, wherein the voltage applied to the plasma chamber is changed between the first voltage and the second voltage until a plasma is ignited in the plasma chamber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58491
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10760174', '11619246', '15141968', '15055761', '14184968']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.689839747229334
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4564012965725464
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6664959021636553
- Mean Citation Score: 137.820736
- Max Citation Score: 138.23152
- Similarity Product: 109.59689601459502

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

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