PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16311242
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["427", "248100"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for subjecting a surface of a substrate to successive surface reactions of precursors according to the principles of atomic layer deposition. The method including subjecting the surface of the substrate to the first precursor in a first precursor zone and subjecting the surface of the substrate to the second precursor in a second precursor zone. The method further includes changing the first precursor in the first precursor zone to a subsequent precursor which is different than the first and second precursors and subjecting the surface of the substrate to the subsequent precursor in the first precursor zone and subjecting the surface of the substrate to the second precursor in the second precursor zone.

Claim (Index 43):
An apparatus for subjecting a surface of a substrate to successive surface reactions of at least a first precursor, a second precursor and a first subsequent precursor according to the principles of atomic layer deposition for forming on the surface of the substrate a coating comprising two or more different coating layers, the apparatus comprising:\n a nozzle head arranged to be over the surface of the substrate, the nozzle head having an output face comprising one or more first precursor nozzles and one or more second precursor nozzles; the one or more first precursor nozzles arranged to form one or more first precursor zones and arranged to subject the surface of the substrate to the first precursor; the one or more second precursor nozzles arranged to form one or more second precursor zones and arranged to subject the surface of the substrate to the second precursor; at least one first precursor source for the first precursor, the at least one first precursor source being connected to the one or more first precursor nozzles and arranged to supply the first precursor to the one or more first precursor zones; at least one second precursor source for the second precursor, the at least one second precursor source being connected to the one or more second precursor nozzles and arranged to supply the second precursor to the one or more second precursor zones, wherein the apparatus further comprises: at least one first subsequent precursor source for the first subsequent precursor, the at least one first subsequent precursor source being connected to the one or more first precursor nozzles and arranged to supply the first subsequent precursor to the one or more first precursor zones; a transport mechanism arranged to transport the substrate; and a moving mechanism arranged to move the nozzle head in reciprocating manner over the surface of the substrate forming on the surface of the substrate a coating comprising two or more different coating layers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.33333
- Patent Class: 427.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15533825', '13817977', '14405995', '14900816', '13817082']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.806371298677308
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4871288273459286
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.77444705154417
- Mean Citation Score: 238.84834
- Max Citation Score: 255.25198
- Similarity Product: 231.514673049916

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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