PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16304474
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["355", "072000"]

Abstract:
The invention pertains to a stage system, and to a lithographic apparatus and a method for manufacturing a device in which a stage system is used. In the stage system a positioning system is provided comprising an actuator adapted to position an object table. The actuator comprises a magnet assembly and a coil assembly. The magnet assembly comprises a first magnetic body and a second magnetic body, which are in use subjected to a internal magnetic force. The magnet assembly has a separate interface for connecting each magnetic body to the object table separately. The magnet assembly further comprises a spacer device, which holds the first and second magnetic body at a relative distance to each other in at least the direction of the internal magnetic force.

Claim (Index 7):
The stage system of  claim 1 ,\n wherein the spacer device comprises:\n a first leaf spring, which is arranged perpendicular to the direction of actuation, wherein the first leaf spring comprises a first edge which is connected to the first magnetic body and a second edge opposite the first edge, and the second edge of the first leaf spring is connected to the second magnetic body, and \n a second leaf spring, which is arranged at a distance from the first leaf spring in the direction of actuation and perpendicular to the direction of actuation, \n wherein the second leaf spring comprises a first edge which is connected to the first magnetic body and a second edge opposite the first edge, and the second edge of the second leaf spring is connected to the second magnetic body, and wherein the first interface comprises a first hinge which is arranged symmetrically relative to the center plane of the first magnetic body, and the center plane of the first magnetic body is parallel to the direction of actuation and the internal magnetic force, and wherein the second interface comprises a second hinge which is arranged symmetrically relative to the center plane of the second magnetic body, and the center plane of the second magnetic body is parallel to the direction of actuation and the internal magnetic force, and wherein the first leaf spring and the second leaf spring of the spacer device and the first hinge and second hinge together define the position of the first magnetic body and the position of the second magnetic body in all degrees of freedom.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26667
- Patent Class: 355.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16343569', '11518487', '13281229', '10839712', '13018226']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.703399308455936
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4714246304146892
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6802018406518114
- Mean Citation Score: 166.69353800000005
- Max Citation Score: 173.85838
- Similarity Product: 119.49082770168305

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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