PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928790
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["850", "030000"]

Abstract:
A near-field scanning probe includes: a measurement probe that relatively scans a test sample; an excitation light irradiation system; a near-field light generation system that generates near-field light in a region including the measurement probe in response to irradiation with excitation light from the excitation light irradiation system; and a scattered light detection system that detects Rayleigh scattering and Ramen scattered light of the near-field light from the sample, generated between the measurement probe and the sample, and the near-field scanning probe is characterized in that the near-field light generation system includes a cantilever with a chip coated with a noble metal, and a tip of the chip is provided with a thin wire group including a plurality of carbon nanowires with a noble metal provided at ends thereof.

Claim (Index 12):
A sample observation method of using a scanning probe microscope comprising:\n a measurement probe configured to relatively scan a test sample; an excitation light irradiation system; a near-field light generation system configured to generate near-field light in a region comprising the measurement probe in response to irradiation with excitation light from the excitation light irradiation system; and a scattered light detection system configured to detect Rayleigh scattering and Ramen scattered light of the near-field light from the sample, generated between the measurement probe and the sample, wherein the near-field light generation system comprises a cantilever with a chip coated with a noble metal, and a tip of the chip is provided with a thin wire group comprising a plurality of carbon nanowires with a noble metal provided at ends thereof, the method of implementing: a procedure of generating excitation near-field light in the thin wire group in response to energy given by the excitation light; and a scattered light detection procedure of detecting Rayleigh scattering and Ramen scattered light of the near-field light from the sample, generated between the measurement probe and the sample.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32203
- Patent Class: 850.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12712745', '13650985', '14654522', '14009729', '11887348']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6920112918201697
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4954257714155
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6723527397797028
- Mean Citation Score: 255.51519
- Max Citation Score: 283.0674
- Similarity Product: 234.5479405581952

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

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