PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006664
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["623", "017140"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to devices and methods for implantation of an orthopedic device between skeletal segments using limited surgical dissection. The implanted devices are used to adjust and maintain the spatial relationship(s) of adjacent bones. Depending on the implant design, the motion between the skeletal segments may be increased, limited, modified, or completely immobilized.

Claim (Index 34):
The apparatus of  claim 33 , wherein the locking feature comprises a hand-operated switch, the hand-operated switch operatively connected to the coupler at the distal segment via a curvilinear linkage that extends through a channel of the elongated member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.3617
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14643974', '11286152', '13466000', '11613146', '12779839']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8516880708545361
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5400789579028099
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8205271595593635
- Mean Citation Score: 413.20534
- Max Citation Score: 489.80078
- Similarity Product: 305.0555710737324

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

Dataset: test