PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15900876
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "080000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic connector sub-assembly includes a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, and a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis. The ferrule bore has a first section extending inwardly from the rear end of the ferrule, a second section extending inwardly from the front end of the ferrule and having a width that is less than the first section, and a transition section located between the first and second sections. The fiber optic connector sub-assembly also includes a bonding agent disposed in at least a portion of both the transition section and the second section of the ferrule bore. At least some of the bonding agent in the second section of the ferrule bore has been melted and solidified.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 14 , wherein at least some of the bonding agent that melts in step (b) is initially disposed in the transition section of the ferrule bore, the method further comprising:\n coupling a vacuum to the front end of the ferrule over an opening of the ferrule bore; and operating the vacuum to cause at least some of the bonding agent that has melted in the transition section to flow into the second section of the ferrule bore.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58491
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14920023', '15901151', '14886905', '15686490', '14687237']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8559926299493867
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5638175846126009
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8267751254157081
- Mean Citation Score: 410.826594
- Max Citation Score: 470.79166
- Similarity Product: 374.4880699633263

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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