PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16149811
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["205", "124000"]

Abstract:
The described embodiments relate generally to aluminum films and pretreatments for improving the adhesion of aluminum films on substrate surfaces. Methods involve providing three-dimensional adhesion surfaces on the substrate that promote adhesion to a subsequently deposited aluminum film. The methods can avoid the use of strike materials, such as nickel and copper, used in conventional adhesion-promoting treatments. According to some embodiments, methods involve providing an aluminum oxide adhesion layer on the substrate prior to depositing aluminum. According to some embodiments, methods involve providing a zincating layer on the substrate prior to depositing aluminum. According some embodiments, methods involve roughening the surface of the substrate prior to depositing aluminum. Some embodiments involve a combination of two or more substrate pretreatments. Described methods can be used to provide more flexibility in subsequent anodizing processes. In some embodiments, methods involve anodizing the aluminum film and a portion of the substrate.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 15 , wherein the substrate is comprised of an anodizable material, the method further comprising:\n converting substantially the entire aluminum layer to an aluminum oxide layer and converting a portion of the substrate to an oxide layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34783
- Patent Class: 205.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14768497', '14474021', '14342706', '14775016', '14593845']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7295543029020147
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4805500715964186
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7046538797714551
- Mean Citation Score: 195.466636
- Max Citation Score: 211.72012
- Similarity Product: 163.9419514357424

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