PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15861544
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["700", "118000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides various apparatuses, systems, software, and methods for three-dimensional (3D) printing. The disclosure delineates various optical components of the 3D printing system, their usage, and their optional calibration. The disclosure delineates calibration of one or more components of the 3D printer (e.g., the energy beam).

Claim (Index 21):
A method for detecting a three-dimensional object, comprising:\n (a) directing an energy beam to an exposed surface of a material bed comprising a pre-transformed material that is at least 50 percent diffusive relative to its total reflection, the exposed surface having an average planarity and an average optical characteristic; (b) transforming the pre-transformed material to a transformed material as part of the three-dimensional object that (I) is disposed in the material bed, and (II) causes at least a portion of the exposed surface to deviate from the average planarity and/or the average optical characteristic, which transformed material is at least 80 percent specular relative to its total reflection; (c) projecting a detectable image on the exposed surface; and (d) detecting any deviation within the detectable image from the average planarity and/or from the average optical characteristic, which deviation is indicative of (i) a composition of at least a portion of the three-dimensional object, (ii) a position of at least a portion of the three-dimensional object relative to a platform supporting the material bed, (iii) a shape of at least a portion of the three-dimensional object, (iv) an average planarity of the exposed surface, or (v) any combination of (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74286
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15435120', '15435110', '15435078', '15374616', '15374821']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3708471507389819
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4764395209910519
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3814063877641889
- Mean Citation Score: 190.536876
- Max Citation Score: 207.52016
- Similarity Product: 153.2544543270111

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

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