PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15986063
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["349", "033000"]

Abstract:
A liquid crystal optical element having a variable optical power includes a first substrate and a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, an electrode configured to apply a voltage to the liquid crystal layer and to change the liquid crystal layer from an electro-inactive state to an electro-active state, a homogeneous alignment layer provided between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer, a homeotropic alignment layer provided between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a diffraction grating provided on a surface of the second substrate on a side of the liquid crystal layer.

Claim (Index 2):
The liquid crystal optical element according to  claim 1 , wherein long axis directions of liquid crystal molecules are radially aligned in an area that faces the homogeneous alignment layer in the liquid crystal layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.73171
- Patent Class: 349.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10784823', '12101264', '11072563', '15787082', '12719646']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8444384855455548
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4830671438450988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8083013513755092
- Mean Citation Score: 201.33419
- Max Citation Score: 213.77147
- Similarity Product: 164.13654493018925

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

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