PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15775536
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["372", "038020"]

Abstract:
Apparatus for providing optical radiation ( 1 ), which apparatus comprises a laser diode ( 2 ), a pulse generator ( 9 ), and a modulator ( 5 ), wherein: the pulse generator ( 9 ) is configured to emit picosecond pulses; the modulator ( 5 ) is configured to emit nanosecond pulses; the laser diode ( 2 ) has a first terminal ( 6 ) and a second terminal ( 7 ); the pulse generator ( 9 ) is connected to the first terminal ( 6 ); and the modulator ( 5 ) is configured to bias the laser diode ( 2 ) below a lasing threshold ( 8 ) of the laser diode ( 2 ), and the apparatus being characterized in that: the modulator ( 5 ) is connected to the second terminal ( 7 ); the pulse generator ( 9 ) comprises a semiconductor junction ( 32 ) connected to a differentiator ( 4 ); the semiconductor junction ( 32 ) is such that electric current flowing through the semiconductor junction ( 32 ) can be turned off more quickly than it can be turned on; and the differentiator ( 4 ) is such that a step change that occurs when the electric current flowing through the semiconductor junction ( 32 ) is turned off is converted to an electrical pulse, thereby gain switching the laser diode ( 2 ) such that it emits an optical pulse ( 10 ) having an optical pulse width ( 11 ) less than 10 ns.

Claim (Index 19):
Apparatus according to  claim 1  and including a scanner head for scanning the optical radiation onto a surface of a component.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.12644
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13903857', '12268203', '15161067', '10683086', '12354373']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7976967799434953
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5035362422033969
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7682807261694855
- Mean Citation Score: 193.376496
- Max Citation Score: 204.49898
- Similarity Product: 139.21782696591376

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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