PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16156581
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["333", "156000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus is provided for causing a phase-shift in reflected signals that are a reflection of surface-traveling wave signals of a select signal frequency. The apparatus comprises a conductive strip having a plurality of slots therein alternatingly arranged orthogonal to each other, each slot having an effective length that is a fraction between 9/16 and ⅞ of the wavelength associated with the select signal frequency, and a plurality of conductive enclosures respectively disposed under each of the plurality of slots. Each of the conductive enclosure have a width and length sufficient to enclose a respective corresponding slot, and a depth that is a fraction of between ⅛ and ⅜ of the wavelength associated with the select signal frequency when transmitted in the dielectric material. The plurality of slots and plurality of conductive enclosures cause a phase-shift in the range of 150 to 210 degrees in reflected signals that are a reflection of surface-traveling wave signals at the select signal frequency which impinge the apparatus.

Claim (Index 6):
The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the dielectric material has a relative permeability that is effective to establish an impedance discontinuity at each slot's inlet that is sufficient to cause the phase-shift in the range of 150 to 210 degrees in reflected signals that are the reflection of surface-traveling wave signals at the select signal frequency.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 333.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15332455', '13261407', '10562135', '14152823', '14672632']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8541577364287871
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5337538551025756
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.822117348296166
- Mean Citation Score: 189.34064
- Max Citation Score: 374.0273
- Similarity Product: 372.79044195370665

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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