PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16141529
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["315", "111210"]

Abstract:
This disclosure is generally directed to controlling energy distribution to a load, especially when anomalous events are detected. Benefits of the present disclosure include minimizing the length of a discharge event, mitigating the effects of an electrical discharge, and to improvements in inducing the ignition of a plasma. Methods and systems consistent with the present disclosure improve the control of operating conditions within a chamber and improve the ability for more rapidly initiating plasma ignition in a chamber.

Claim (Index 17):
An apparatus for initiating plasma ignition in a direct current (DC) plasma system, the apparatus comprising:\n an upper rail and a lower rail that are disposed to form an electrical link between a DC plasma chamber and a first and a second output, respectively of a power supply; a plurality of switches that electrically couples a voltage changing circuit to at least one of the upper rail or the lower rail of the power supply when at least one of the plurality of switches are closed; and a control component coupled to the plurality of switches that controls switching between at least a first switch configuration and a second switch configuration, wherein the control component controls:\n the closure of at least a first switch of the plurality of switches to electrically couple the voltage changing circuit to at least one of the upper rail or the lower rail of the power supply to provide a first voltage to the DC plasma chamber, the closure of the first switch corresponding to the first switch configuration, \n the first switch and a second switch of the plurality of switches to open or close according to the second switch configuration, the second switch configuration providing a second voltage to the DC plasma chamber, \n switching between the first switch configuration and the second switch configuration until the ignition of the plasma occurs based on switching between the first voltage and the second voltage provided to the DC plasma chamber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58491
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10760174', '11619246', '15141968', '15055761', '14184968']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6894817054188593
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4579364984984505
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6663271847268184
- Mean Citation Score: 137.820736
- Max Citation Score: 138.23152
- Similarity Product: 108.41932726293562

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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