PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16000260
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["381", "369000"]

Abstract:
A MEMS sound transducer includes a backplate and a membrane held by an edge fixing such that the membrane is deflectable along a deflection direction toward the backplate. The MEMS sound transducer further includes an elevation element arranged between the membrane and the backplate and having a first height along the deflection direction. The MEMS sound transducer also includes a supporting structure and a spacer element arranged between the membrane and the supporting structure and having a second height along the deflection direction, the second height being greater than the first height. The supporting structure is the backplate or is a supporting element arranged opposite the backplate, such that the membrane is arranged between the backplate and the supporting element.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 19 , wherein arranging the spacer element comprises:\n providing a layer stack having a first layer, which is the backplate or the supporting element, and having a second layer, which is a sacrificial layer; producing a cutout in the sacrificial layer until the first layer is reached; arranging a sacrificial material in the cutout and having a sacrificial layer thickness; arranging a membrane material at the sacrificial layer and in the cutout; removing the sacrificial layer in the cutout such that a distance corresponding to the sacrificial layer thickness is obtained between the membrane and the first layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.86364
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15915858', '13230264', '14275337', '15107371', '15636121']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7333768578641963
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5111418844047357
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7111533605182502
- Mean Citation Score: 253.068916
- Max Citation Score: 270.58188
- Similarity Product: 178.88280179831742

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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