PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911744
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["438", "028000"]

Abstract:
A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) array system is configured to apply suction forces for the manipulation of objects. The MEMS system includes includes a two-dimensional MEMS array of a plurality of individual MEMS elements. Each MEMS element comprises: a casing structure; a flexible membrane attached to the casing structure; and an electrode structure, wherein a voltage applied to the electrode structure actuates the MEMS element to cause the flexible membrane to flex relative to the casing structure. The flexible membrane and the casing structure define a gap into which the flexible membrane may flex, and a foot extends from the flexible membrane in a direction away from the casing structure, wherein the foot and the flexible membrane define a clearance region on an opposite side of the flexible membrane from the gap. When the MEMS element interacts with an object to be manipulated the foot spaces the membrane apart from the object. The MEMS array system further includes a control circuit that selectively actuates one or more of the MEMS elements of the MEMS array.

Claim (Index 4):
The MEMS array system of  claim 1 , wherein:\n when a voltage is applied to the electrode structure to generate an attractive force between the flexible membrane and a substrate of the casing structure, the flexible membrane is in an on state and flexes in a direction toward the substrate of the casing structure; and when a voltage is not applied to the electrode structure, the flexible membrane is in an off state and the flexible membrane does not flex relative to an initial position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35
- Patent Class: 438.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12574504', '15839824', '15351235', '11462333', '15453230']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8637979592352311
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4823167758180607
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.825649840893514
- Mean Citation Score: 169.30021599999995
- Max Citation Score: 177.82333
- Similarity Product: 126.97249028015972

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

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