PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953913
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["250", "282000"]

Abstract:
A mass spectrometer includes: an ion source; an aperture; a flight region arranged between the ion source and aperture for separating ions according to their mass to charge ratio; and ion optics arranged and configured for causing ions to be reflected or deflected whilst they separate according to mass to charge ratio in the flight region and such that the ions are focussed to a geometrical focal point at the aperture so that the ions are transmitted through the aperture. The multi-reflecting or multi-deflecting ion optics provides a relatively long flight path for the ions, whilst naturally converging the ion beam to a focus. As this focus is arranged at the aperture, it enables the aperture to be made relatively small whilst still maintaining high ion transmission efficiency.

Claim (Index 20):
A mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer comprising:\n an ion source; an aperture; a flight region arranged between said ion source and aperture for separating ions according to their mass to charge ratio; and ion optics arranged and configured for causing ions to be reflected or deflected whilst the ions separate according to mass to charge ratio in the flight region and such that the ions are focussed to a geometrical focal point at said aperture so that the ions are transmitted through the aperture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90278
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15348453', '15776704', '15776585', '12296724', '12296736']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6955658242794822
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5599413613961305
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6820033779911471
- Mean Citation Score: 312.130246
- Max Citation Score: 427.8373
- Similarity Product: 383.33437829669714

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

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