PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979986
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["348", "086000"]

Abstract:
Devices (herein “powder spreadability inspection tools”) and methods are provided for evaluating the spreadability of powders utilized in additive manufacturing (AM) processes. In embodiments, the powder spreadability inspection tool includes a powder support surface on which a visual inspection area is provided, a spreader system including a spreader implement, and a powder dispenser. The spreader implement is movable relative to the powder support surface along a path, which extends or passes over the visual inspection area. The powder dispenser is operable to dispense a premeasured or metered volume of an AM powder sample onto the powder support surface ahead of the spreader implement. As the spreader implement moves along the path relative to the powder support surface, the spreader implement spreads a layer of the metered powder sample across the visual inspection area to allow a visual evaluation of the spreadability of the AM powder.

Claim (Index 2):
The powder spreadability inspection tool of  claim 1  wherein the spreader implement comprises a lower edge spaced from the powder support surface by a vertical gap, as taken along a first axis orthogonal to the powder support surface; and\n wherein the vertical gap has a substantially constant height, as taken along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and parallel to the powder support surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.3
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15496702', '15046714', '13091251', '14501716', '15942116']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6215996523500493
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4822000142772237
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6076596885427669
- Mean Citation Score: 127.719538
- Max Citation Score: 134.2263
- Similarity Product: 86.05146344422104

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

Dataset: test