PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107525
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["134", "149000"]

Abstract:
A system, apparatus, and method for processing substrates using acoustic energy. In one aspect, the invention can be a system for processing flat articles including a support for supporting the flat article and an acoustic energy treatment apparatus. The acoustic energy treatment apparatus may include a support arm and a plurality of transducer assemblies coupled thereto. The transducer assemblies may include a housing with a transducer coupled thereto, and the housings of the transducer assemblies may be arranged in an end-to-end manner. A trough may also be included that extends along at least a portion of a length of the transducer assemblies. The trough may serve as a reservoir that upon being filled and overflowed with a liquid allows the liquid to fluidly couple the transducer assemblies to the flat article.

Claim (Index 8):
The system according to  claim 7  wherein the floor of the trough comprises a first portion located between the first and second walls of the liquid manifold, a second portion located between the first wall of the liquid manifold and the first sidewall of the trough, and a third portion located between the second wall of the liquid manifold and the second sidewall of the trough, and wherein a first portion of the liquid pathway is defined by the first portion of the floor of the trough and the first and second walls of the liquid manifold, a second portion of the liquid pathway is defined by the second portion of the floor of the trough, the first wall of the liquid manifold, and the first sidewall of the trough, and a third portion of the liquid pathway is defined by the third portion of the floor of the trough, the second wall of the liquid manifold, and the second sidewall of the trough, a plurality of liquid distribution openings formed through each of the first and second walls of the liquid manifold, the fluid distribution openings forming a passageway from the first portion of the liquid pathway to each of the second and third portions of the liquid pathway, and wherein the controller is configured to introduce the liquid into the first portion of the liquid pathway, through the fluid distribution openings, and into the second and third portions of the liquid pathway, and wherein the liquid in the second and third portions of the liquid pathway overflows the trough and forms the fluid coupling between the first transducer assembly and the surface of the flat article.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07353
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14490080', '12871286', '11625556', '13686697', '14281829']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8478712092377415
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5464811318175101
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8177322014957183
- Mean Citation Score: 246.696306
- Max Citation Score: 406.7745
- Similarity Product: 323.58491230005023

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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