PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112281
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["118", "696000"]

Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method are provided for processing articles. The system includes subsystems for synthesizing, pre-treating, conducting a vapor phase coating process and post-treating articles in the form of powders and solid or porous workpieces. The apparatus permits vapor phase synthesis, treatment and deposition processes to be performed with high efficiency and at high overall throughput. The methods include converting solids, liquids or gases into gaseous and solid streams that can be separated or exchanged with or without treatment and/or coating steps, and produce optimized composite articles for specific applications.

Claim (Index 14):
The apparatus of  claim 4 , further comprising a first precursor delivery system having one or more actuation mechanisms and in fluid communication with said first vapor phase valve assembly or vapor phase pump assembly, said precursor delivery system comprising:\n i) a vaporizer unit having an external heating mechanism; ii) a vaporizer unit having an external cooling mechanism; iii) a vaporizer unit having an internal heating mechanism; iv) a vaporizer unit having an internal cooling mechanism; v) a precursor volume controller configurable to the specific articles and processes being carried out in said first chamber; vi) a liquid precursor injection pumping system; vii) a solid precursor metering system; viii) one or more first capillary nozzles sized to the number of moles of precursor intended for delivery into said first chamber; ix) one or more first expansion tanks each having a definable total internal surface area, where the combination of the total surface area in all first expansion tanks is larger than the total active surface area of the articles to be saturated in said first chamber; and x) a first vaporizer unit having a rapid thermal treatment system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48529
- Patent Class: 118.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12148885', '13203602', '14782316', '11356725', '14186258']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7906948370002295
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4620287479814522
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7578282280983517
- Mean Citation Score: 139.029744
- Max Citation Score: 141.5473
- Similarity Product: 106.82213704228998

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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