PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16108171
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["700", "117000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for calculating a tool path for additive manufacturing, comprising obtaining (S 110 ) a three-dimensional model describing an object to be formed, dividing (S 120 ) the model into a plurality of layers, and analyzing (S 120 ) each layer of in order to obtain at least one outline of each layer. The method further comprises analyzing (S 130 ) each outline to obtain an inside and outside for each outline of each layer. It further comprises determining (S 140 ) a smallest rectangle that encloses each outline, calculating (S 150 ) an infill curve for each rectangle, using a Hilbert* algorithm. The method further comprises overlaying (S 160 ) the outline on its corresponding rectangle, and determining (S 170 ) which parts of the infill curve are on the inside of the outline, thus obtaining a tool path for the outline comprising at least one infill curve and the outline.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for calculating a tool path for additive manufacturing, comprising the steps of:\n obtaining a three-dimensional model describing an object to be formed, the model being represented in a coordinate system comprising and x-axis, y-axis and a z-axis; dividing the model into a plurality of layers from one end of the mode along one axis among the x-axis, y-axis and z-axis to the opposite end of the model on the same axis; analyzing each layer of the plurality of layers, in order to obtain at least one outline for each layer; analyzing each outline of the at least one outline of each layer in order to obtain an inside and outside for each outline of each layer; wherein, for each outline not enclosed by another outline: determining a smallest rectangle that encloses the outline; calculating an infill curve for each said rectangle, using a Hilbert* algorithm; and for each outline: overlaying the outline on its corresponding rectangle, and determining which parts of the infill curve are inside of the outline, thus obtaining a tool path for the outline comprising at least one infill curve and the outline.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36486
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13089662', '12924607', '10427687', '14377728', '14962067']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3235039827240543
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4553420211389649
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3366877865655454
- Mean Citation Score: 94.128368
- Max Citation Score: 100.41019
- Similarity Product: 73.27183819315674

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

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