PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["250", "307000"]

Abstract:
A method for generating cross-sectional profiles using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) includes scanning a sample with an electron beam to gather an energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) spectrum for an energy level to determine element composition across an area of interest. A mesh is generated to locate positions where a depth profile will be taken. EDS spectra are gathered for energy levels at mesh locations. A number of layers of the sample are determined by distinguishing differences in chemical composition between depths as beam energies are stepped through. A depth profile is generated for the area of interest by compiling the number of layers and the element composition across the mesh.

Claim (Index 3):
The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein determining the number of layers by distinguishing differences in chemical composition between depths as beam energies are stepped through includes stepping through different beam energies by incrementing or decrementing beam energy by a set step size.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71429
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15059478', '15581164', '15427764', '14992144', '12866697']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7439216781826611
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4929676089312342
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7188262712575184
- Mean Citation Score: 252.10814200000004
- Max Citation Score: 283.12216
- Similarity Product: 269.80980153826715

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

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