PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15751059
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["156", "249000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object from a stack of pre-stripped layers of substrate. Each object layer is formed by (i) providing substrate comprising waste portion(s) and substrate-retained portion(s) that are attached to each other and separated from one another by cut(s) within the substrate; (ii) subsequently, subjecting the subject of each layer to a stripping process which selectively strips away substrate-waste portion(s) from the substrate-retained portion(s). After stripping, the object layer is added to a stack of previously-stacked object layers to grow the stack. This process is repeated to further grow the stack. Object layers of the stack are bonded to each other to build the three-dimensional object therefrom. Apparatus and methods for stripping are also described—any teaching or combination of teaching(s) related to stripping substrate may be employed in any additive-manufacturing process described herein.

Claim (Index 19):
The system of  claim 1  wherein (B) the mechanized stripping apparatus comprises first and second stripping assemblies, each stripping assembly including a respective group of flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) that are respectively and rotatably mounted to a respective rotation-axis, the first and second stripping assemblies respectively defining first and second stripping-locations thereunder; (A) the substrate handling arrangement adapted to (i) deliver substrate to the first stripping location so that substrate is maintained at a first substrate-plane when at the first stripping location; and (ii) subsequently deliver substrate from the first to the second stripping location so that the substrate is maintained at a second substrate-plane when located at the second stripping location; and (C) wherein the system further comprises one or more drive system(s), the drive system(s) configured to respectively drive rotational motion, at first and second rotation-rates, of the flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) of the first and second stripping assemblies around their respective rotation-axes, wherein the stripping assemblies, substrate-handling system and drive-system(s) are configured so that i. rotation of the flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) of the first stripping assembly around a rotation axis thereof causes the flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) thereof to repeatedly reach the first substrate-plane to repeatedly collide with substrate simultaneously disposed at the first stripping location and at the first substrate-plane, thereby stripping away first portion(s) of the substrate; and ii. rotation of the flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) of the second stripping assembly around a rotation axis thereof causes the flexible and/or soft impact-element(s) thereof to repeatedly reach the second substrate-plane to repeatedly collide with substrate simultaneously disposed at the second stripping location and at the second substrate-plane, thereby stripping away second portion(s) of the substrate after the first portion(s) have been stripped away, wherein the drive system(s) operates so that the second rotation-rate exceeds the first rotation rate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08235
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['09820084', '13817432', '14000345', '14415698', '13319408']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8955235258135836
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4598103119671111
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8519522044289365
- Mean Citation Score: 116.1940192
- Max Citation Score: 119.450005
- Similarity Product: 88.46162523173629

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

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