PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15752835
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["250", "282000"]

Abstract:
The invention provides a mass spectrometer that comprises a collision cell having an axial electric field that enhances transmission of light ions, especially elemental ions, through the collision cell, relative to heavier ions. The invention also provides methods of mass spectrometry that employ an axial electric field that is provided in a collision cell.

Claim (Index 39):
The mass spectrometer of  claim 37 , wherein the multipole comprises a plurality of rod electrodes configured to be supplied with RF voltage, wherein the rods are arranged according to at least one of the following arrangements to provide an axial electric field gradient: (i) at least some of the rods are slanted along the axial direction, (ii) the rods are each provided as a plurality of segments spaced along the axial direction wherein stepped voltages, are applied to the segments, (iii) the rods have a resistive coating or comprises a resistive material, (iv) at least one of the rods are tapered along the axial direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 77.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63889
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15338727', '15260622', '15227269', '14367845', '11409169']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7468588349436804
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5035322204642122
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7225261734957337
- Mean Citation Score: 244.999924
- Max Citation Score: 274.72577
- Similarity Product: 202.4491129448485

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

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