PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112281
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["118", "696000"]

Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method are provided for processing articles. The system includes subsystems for synthesizing, pre-treating, conducting a vapor phase coating process and post-treating articles in the form of powders and solid or porous workpieces. The apparatus permits vapor phase synthesis, treatment and deposition processes to be performed with high efficiency and at high overall throughput. The methods include converting solids, liquids or gases into gaseous and solid streams that can be separated or exchanged with or without treatment and/or coating steps, and produce optimized composite articles for specific applications.

Claim (Index 2):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each actuation mechanism is configured for bidirectional signal communication with a common signal hub, and comprises:\n i) an instantaneous opening; ii) an instantaneous closing; iii) the controlled opening over a programmable time constant; iv) controlled closing over a programmable time constant, v) the expansion of a subcomponent to reduce the conductance through the assembly; vi) the contraction of a subcomponent to increase the conductance through the assembly; vii) a concave or convex deflection of a subcomponent; viii) rotation of a subcomponent co-linear with the direction of solid material flow; ix) rotation of a subcomponent tangential to the direction of solid material flow; x) an instantaneous increase in conductance to a position less than fully open; xi) an instantaneous decrease in conductance to a position greater than fully closed; xii) the actuation of a piston or piston-like subcomponent; xiii) an actuation delivering a secondary phase to promote aeration, contraction or expansion of the primary phase unit volume; or xiv) an actuation mechanism initiated by the electrical application of a sinusoidal, dirac function, triangular or rectangular waveform over one or more programmable time constants.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48529
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12148885', '13203602', '14782316', '11356725', '14186258']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.804069358212587
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4977010445381637
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7734325268451446
- Mean Citation Score: 139.029744
- Max Citation Score: 141.5473
- Similarity Product: 80.36840347113609

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

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