PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980298
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["250", "282000"]

Abstract:
A method of introducing and ejecting ions from an ion entry/exit device ( 4 ) is disclosed. The ion entry/exit device ( 4 ) has at least two arrays of electrodes ( 20,22 ). The device is operated in a first mode wherein DC potentials are successively applied to successive electrodes of at least one of the electrode arrays (( 20,22 ) in a first direction such that a potential barrier moves along the at least one array in the first direction and drives ions into and/or out of the device in the first direction. The device is also operated in a second mode, wherein DC potentials are successively applied to successive electrodes of at least one of the electrode arrays ( 20,22 ) in a second, different direction such that a potential barrier moves along the array in the second direction and drives ions into and/or out of the device in the second direction. The device provides a single, relatively simple device for manipulating ions in multiple directions. For example, the device may be used to load ions into or eject ions from an ion mobility separator in a first direction, and may then be used to cause ions to move through the ion mobility separator in the second direction so as to cause the ions to separate.

Claim (Index 29):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein said at least two arrays of electrodes are formed from printed circuit boards.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78313
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15303433', '14367613', '15412595', '15107552', '14367585']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7856065751598327
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5658400253172181
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7636299201755712
- Mean Citation Score: 388.401692
- Max Citation Score: 495.06186
- Similarity Product: 355.957996177615

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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