PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15909388
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["425", "174400"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems and/or software to form one or more three-dimensional objects, some of which may be complex. The three-dimensional objects may be formed by three-dimensional printing using one or more methodologies. In some embodiments, the three-dimensional object may comprise an overhang portion, such as a cavity ceiling, with diminished deformation and/or auxiliary support structures.

Claim (Index 15):
An apparatus for printing a three-dimensional object, comprising one or more controllers that is programmed to:\n (a) direct a layer dispenser to provide a layer of pre-transformed material on an exposed surface of a material bed comprising a hard portion that is a segment of the three-dimensional object, which hard portion comprises an edge; and (b) direct forming a ledge of hardened material along the edge, which direct forming the ledge comprises: (1) direct transforming a first pre-transformed material to a first transformed material at a first position by directing an energy beam during a first time period to form a first tile, which first position is along a path-of-tiles, wherein during the first time period, the energy beam is stationary or substantially stationary; (2) direct translating the energy beam to a second position along the path-of-tiles, which second position is different from the first position, wherein the energy beam is translated during an intermission without transforming the pre-transformed material along the path-of-tiles; and (3) direct repeating (1) and (2) until reaching an end of the path-of-tiles, wherein the path-of-tiles is parallel to the edge or at the edge, wherein the first tile and the second tile overlap the hard portion and extend beyond the edge towards the pre-transformed material of the material bed to form the ledge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43137
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15909826', '15909406', '15909784', '15909809', '15374616']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7740584921753868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5322679766117444
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7498794406190226
- Mean Citation Score: 351.9514220000001
- Max Citation Score: 383.48505
- Similarity Product: 327.87081064322587

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

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