PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906478
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["198", "493000"]

Abstract:
Apparatus and method for transferring a substrate are disclosed. The substrate transfer apparatus includes: a substrate conveyance assembly disposed between a mechanical arm and a wafer stage, the substrate conveyance assembly including a substrate loading conveyor and a substrate unloading conveyor parallelly arranged in a first direction, each of the substrate loading conveyor and the substrate unloading conveyor configured for transferring a substrate between the wafer stage and the mechanical arm along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an integral frame; and a transition air suspension assembly fixed to the integral frame at the end thereof proximal to the wafer stage, the transition air suspension assembly being able to engage with either of the substrate loading conveyor and the substrate unloading conveyor for producing an air film to levitate the substrate during the conveyance of the substrate by the substrate loading conveyor or the substrate unloading conveyor.

Claim (Index 18):
A substrate transfer method for use with the substrate transfer apparatus as defined in claim, comprising the steps of:\n S10) upon a substrate approaching the end of the substrate conveyance assembly proximal to the wafer stage, the transition air suspension assembly producing an air film to levitate the substrate and transferring the substrate from the wafer stage onto the substrate conveyance assembly by the substrate transfer assembly along the second direction; S20) sucking the substrate onto the substrate transfer assembly of the substrate conveyance assembly and conveying the substrate by the substrate transfer assembly toward the mechanical arm; and S30) removing the substrate from the substrate conveyance assembly by the mechanical arm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45312
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10650310', '14150529', '16342412', '13951374', '13164868']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.689099656699985
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4685944486813381
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6670491358981203
- Mean Citation Score: 173.88924
- Max Citation Score: 180.64116
- Similarity Product: 123.88674671366933

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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