PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16020623
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["606", "057000"]

Abstract:
A connecting rod for an external fixation device may include a telescopic housing having an axial bore, an inner sleeve slidably disposed within the axial bore of the telescopic housing, a fastener operable to releasably couple the inner sleeve and the telescopic housing, an elongated member coupled to the inner sleeve, and two joints. One joint may be coupled to a proximal end of the telescopic housing, and include a rotatable member and a connecting member coupled to the rotatable member, such that the connecting member is operable to receive a connecting element from an external fixation ring. The other joint may be coupled to a distal end of the elongated member, and include a rotatable member and a connecting member coupled to the rotatable member. Each joint may also include a rotatable member housing with one or more sidewall grooves that limit rotation of the respective rotatable members.

Claim (Index 4):
The connecting rod of  claim 2 , wherein the connecting member housing comprises a coupling facilitator on the coupling end of the connecting member housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12865057', '13675961', '14071333', '13732853', '14798334']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.781734745363367
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5000177913506629
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7535630499620966
- Mean Citation Score: 299.805386
- Max Citation Score: 303.60052
- Similarity Product: 227.2662669324541

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

Dataset: test