PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15886806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["219", "121440"]

Abstract:
A plasma computer numerically controlled (CNC) cutting machine is controlled by a computer s. In an embodiment, the computer executes a CNC program to control movement of a plasma torch to cut parts from a workpiece while a spectrometer determines emissions spectra of light emitted in a brief time window as the torch begins to cut the workpiece. The spectrometer cooperates with the computer to analyze the metal as it is being cut by the CNC cutting machine and determine a composition. In embodiments, the composition is compared to an expected composition and saved in a database with identifying information; in a particular embodiment the database is queried to provide identifying information of metal having similar composition to the workpiece.

Claim (Index 10):
A plasma CNC cutting machine of the type having a bed for supporting a workpiece to be cut, a gantry that traverses the bed, a plasma cutting head apparatus mounted to the gantry, and a computer having a processor and memory storing CNC control software having instructions executable by the processor to control the gantry and the plasma cutting head apparatus to cut the workpiece with a plasma arc, the improvement comprising:\n a lens positioned and configured to capture light from the plasma arc and direct the light through an optical path; a spectrometer configured to analyze the light received through the optical path and generate spectral data therefrom, the spectrometer configured to capture light in a brief time window as an iron-associated spectral line first appears as plasma cutting begins; and spectral analysis software comprising machine readable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to analyze the spectral data and generate a determined composition indicative of composition of the workpiece.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91045
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15490088', '12341731', '13248949', '15345208', '12557920']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.843292803345939
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5818526396945385
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8171487869807991
- Mean Citation Score: 258.886908
- Max Citation Score: 438.3711
- Similarity Product: 401.2943237380028

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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