PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927268
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["118", "123000"]

Abstract:
An additive layer manufacturing apparatus comprising a doctor blade ( 57 ) having a tip ( 51 ) which, in use, is arranged proximal to a material layer ( 59 ) to be recoated during an additive layer manufacturing method, the doctor blade ( 57 ) having a cavity ( 50 ) with an inlet and an outlet, the outlet located at the tip ( 51 ) and the inlet connectable to an air supply ( 53 ) whereby air can be directed through the cavity ( 50 ) to the outlet and onto a surface ( 59 a ) of the material layer ( 59 ).

Claim (Index 1):
An additive layer manufacturing apparatus comprising a doctor blade having a tip which, in use, is arranged proximal to a material layer to be recoated during an additive layer manufacturing method, the doctor blade having a cavity with an inlet and an outlet, the outlet located at the tip and the inlet connectable to an air supply whereby air can be directed through the cavity to the outlet and onto a surface of the material layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19608
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15402717', '13522539', '15037170', '15010642', '12692968']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7890161985254524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4799948040574638
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7581140590786536
- Mean Citation Score: 153.3587
- Max Citation Score: 179.6402
- Similarity Product: 126.57812121827602

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

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