PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15745612
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["425", "143000"]

Abstract:
According to one example there is provided an apparatus for supplying build material to a three-dimensional printing system. The apparatus comprises a rotatable vane.

Claim (Index 1):
Apparatus for supplying build material to a three-dimensional printing system, comprising:\n a build material supply module; a build material delivery system to deliver build material to the build material supply module; a distribution mechanism to distribute build material within the supply module; and a rotatable vane to move a portion of build material from the build material supply module to a feed position, the vane comprising a build material support section and a build material return section, the vane arranged such that as the build material support section is moved to the feed position, excess build material may slide down the build material return section and return to the build material supply module, thereby leaving a predeterminable quantity of build material on the build material support section.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.18182
- Patent Class: 425.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15565648', '11335282', '12192412', '15634228', '09851502']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6893777806784931
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4644235332557659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6668823559362204
- Mean Citation Score: 105.55178099999998
- Max Citation Score: 169.9237
- Similarity Product: 132.87254567335845

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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