PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036017
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["250", "310000"]

Abstract:
A method of preparing a specimen in a dual-beam charged particle microscope having: an ion beam column, that can produce an ion beam that propagates along an ion axis; an electron beam column, that can produce an electron beam that propagates along an electron axis, comprising the following steps:  Providing a precursor sample on a sample holder; Using said ion beam to cut a furrow around a selected portion of said sample; Attaching a manipulator needle to said portion, severing said portion from the rest of said sample, and using the needle to perform a lift-out of the portion away from the rest of the sample, particularly comprising:  Configuring the manipulator needle to have multiple degrees of motional freedom, comprising at least:      Eucentric tilt a about a tilt axis that passes through an intersection point of said ion and electron axes and is perpendicular to said electron axis; Rotation φ about a longitudinal axis of the needle;       Whilst maintaining said portion on said needle, using said ion beam to machine at least one surface of said portion, so as to create said specimen; Whilst maintaining said portion on said needle, inspecting it with said electron beam, for at least two different values of said φ rotation.

Claim (Index 18):
The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the manipulator includes an upper arm and a lower arm, the lower arm coupled to rotate around the longitudinal axis of the manipulator while the upper arm remains stationary.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45161
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11119230', '10644696', '14294772', '15118042', '12896274']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7435072035855474
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5072402396560757
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7198805071926003
- Mean Citation Score: 245.937168
- Max Citation Score: 260.8933
- Similarity Product: 168.85437044762372

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

Dataset: test