PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15975631
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017150"]

Abstract:
An implantable orthopedic stability device is disclosed. The device can have a contracted and an expanded configuration. A method of using the device between adjacent facet surfaces for support and/or fixation of either or both of the adjacent vertebrae is also disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
An implantable orthopedic device, comprising:\n a first plate, having an outward-facing surface facing away from said device and an inward-facing surface opposed to said outward-facing surface, and having a plate longitudinal direction; a second plate opposed to the first plate; and a mechanism located between the first and second plates, the mechanism being capable of causing relative motion of the first and second plates toward or away from each other; wherein the first plate comprises, on the inward-facing surface of the first plate, a planar ramp surface, the planar ramp surface having a ramp direction inclined at an oblique ramp angle with respect to the plate longitudinal direction; wherein the oblique ramp angle with respect to the plate longitudinal direction is from 15 degrees to 75 degrees; wherein the planar ramp surface is bounded on respective sides by respective first and second grooves; and wherein each groove defines a slot with an opening that faces toward a longitudinal center of the device; wherein the ramp surface and the first and second grooves in combination engage and capture a geometric feature of the mechanism while permitting sliding of the geometric feature relative to the planar ramp surface along the ramp direction; and wherein an inward-facing surface of the second plate has a planar guide surface parallel to the plate longitudinal direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.28571
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15382261', '15382279', '15442449', '12779865', '12780744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8001239185646286
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4712809816186964
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7672396248700355
- Mean Citation Score: 221.370792
- Max Citation Score: 248.44965
- Similarity Product: 198.91383765560383

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

Dataset: test