PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896199
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["850", "040000"]

Abstract:
A cantilever system for use in an atomic force microscope (AFM) is disclosed. The cantilever system comprises a base cantilever portion and a paddle connected to the base cantilever portion with one end free to move relative to the base cantilever portion. The base cantilever portion has an effective bending stiffness, k 1 , and the paddle has an effective bending stiffness, k 2 . The ratio of the effective bending stiffness, k 1 , to the bending stiffness, k 2 , is at least greater than 4. Such a cantilever system provides a stable, i.e., invariant contact resonant frequency, independent of the changes in the local contact stiffness.

Claim (Index 5):
A device for sensing a force, comprising:\n a surface; a cantilever having\n a base cantilever portion with a first end and a second end, the first end having a protruding tip, the second end supporting the base cantilever portion, and \n a paddle with a first end and a second end, the first end of the paddle being connected to the base cantilever portion, the second end of the paddle being free to move relative to the base cantilever portion; \n a force generator configured for providing a force between the tip and the surface; and a detector configured for sensing a deflection of the cantilever in response to the force; wherein the base cantilever portion has an effective bending stiffness, k 1 , and the paddle has an effective bending stiffness, k 2 , a ratio of the effective bending stiffness, k 1 , to the effective bending stiffness, k 2 , is at least 4.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10345
- Patent Class: 850.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10801394', '15837852', '15275770', '14224268', '11187991']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6800677610838435
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4923324900625988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.661294233981719
- Mean Citation Score: 231.045456
- Max Citation Score: 236.3267
- Similarity Product: 164.4685034725785

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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