PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16029507
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["029", "851000"]

Abstract:
A conductive interconnect structure comprises a polymeric substrate (e.g., a thermoplastic) and a plurality of compliant conductive microstructures (e.g., conductive carbon nanofibers) embedded in the polymeric substrate. The microstructures can be arranged linearly or in a grid pattern. In response to heating, the polymeric substrate transitions from an unshrunk state to a shrunken state to move the microstructures closer together, thereby increasing an interconnect density of the compliant conductive microstructures. Thus, the gap or pitch between adjacent microstructures is reduced in response to heat-induced shrinkage of the polymeric substrate to generate finely-pitched microstructures that are densely pitched, thereby increasing the current-carrying capacity of the microstructures. The polymeric material can be heated to conform or form-fit to planar and non-planar surfaces/geometries, and can be selectively heated at various portions to tailor or customize the interconnect density of the microstructures at selected portions. Associated electrical conducting assemblies and methods are provided.

Claim (Index 1):
A conductive interconnect structure, comprising:\n a polymeric substrate shrinkable from an unshrunk state to a shrunken state; and a plurality of compliant conductive microstructures attached to the polymeric substrate, each compliant conductive microstructure comprising a plurality of micro elements, wherein, in response to selective application of heat, at least a portion of the polymeric substrate transitions from the unshrunk state to the shrunken state to increase an interconnect density of the plurality of compliant conductive microstructures.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95294
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13235239', '13521854', '12361264', '13802701', '13448865']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8446310668955312
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4677785027640417
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8069458104823822
- Mean Citation Score: 123.8640472
- Max Citation Score: 132.92096
- Similarity Product: 93.34654930519105

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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