PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16382713
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["250", "307000"]

Abstract:
In a method for producing a TEM sample, an object is fastened to an element of an object holder such that a surface to be processed of the object is arranged substantially perpendicularly to an axis of rotation of the element. An ion beam is directed at the surface to be processed at grazing incidence, wherein the element adopts different rotational positions in relation to the axis of rotation, while the ion beam is directed at the surface to be processed.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for producing a TEM sample using a particle beam system, comprising an ion beam column and an object holder, wherein the object holder includes a base element, a first element, a second element, a first actuator and a second actuator, wherein the first actuator is configured to rotate the first element with respect to the base element about a first axis of rotation, wherein the second actuator is configured to rotate the second element with respect to the first element about a second axis of rotation, and wherein the first axis of rotation is orientated substantially perpendicularly to the second axis of rotation, wherein the method comprises:\n fastening an object to the second element of the object holder such that a surface to be processed of the object is arranged substantially perpendicularly to the second axis of rotation; and producing the TEM sample by polishing the object, wherein polishing comprises:\n controlling the first actuator such that a main axis of the ion beam column is orientated at grazing incidence (\u03b1) to the surface to be processed, and controlling the second actuator such that the second element has, in relation to the first element, a first rotational position about the second axis of rotation; \n directing an ion beam produced by the ion beam column at the object, while the main axis of the ion beam column is orientated at grazing incidence (\u03b1) to the surface to be processed, and the second element has, in relation to the first element, the first rotational position about the second axis of rotation; \n controlling the first actuator such that the main axis of the ion beam column is orientated at grazing incidence (\u03b1) to the surface to be processed, and controlling the second actuator such that the second element has, in relation to the first element, a second rotational position about the second axis of rotation, wherein the second rotational position differs from the first rotational position; and \n directing the ion beam produced by the ion beam column at the object, while the main axis of the ion beam column is orientated at grazing incidence (\u03b1) to the surface to be processed, and the second element has, in relation to the first element, the second rotational position about the second axis of rotation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10758651', '16036017', '14977436', '11861721', '14868526']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7052868233625723
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4775807532885804
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6825162163551731
- Mean Citation Score: 193.297148
- Max Citation Score: 234.36127
- Similarity Product: 199.83513223793383

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

Dataset: test