PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16134425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["385", "084000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic connector comprises a ferrule configured to receive an optical fiber, a ferrule holder configured to be secured to the ferrule, a housing body for receiving and retaining the ferrule holder, and a housing cap that includes an opening for accommodating the ferrule, at least one sidewall, and a latch arm extending from the at least one sidewall. The housing cap can be secured to the housing body in one of several possible orientations relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing body to allow the fiber optic connector to be tuned. Cable assemblies and methods including the fiber optic connector are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 18):
A fiber optic connector for installation on a fiber optic cable, comprising:\n a ferrule having front portion defining a front end, a back portion defining a back end, and an axial bore for receiving an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable; a ferrule holder configured to be secured to the back portion of the ferrule; a housing body for receiving the ferrule holder, wherein the housing body is shaped to position the ferrule holder in the housing body with the ferrule front end extending beyond the housing body; and a housing cap including an opening for accommodating the ferrule, at least one sidewall, and a latch arm extending from the at least one sidewall; wherein the housing body and the housing cap are shaped so that the housing cap can be received by the housing body in several possible orientations of the housing cap relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing body, with the latch arm extending over a different side of the housing body in each of the several possible orientations.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03571
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15337311', '15196818', '15455414', '15435449', '13488771']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.849789602671462
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5120609984519423
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.81601674224951
- Mean Citation Score: 304.29505200000006
- Max Citation Score: 320.5852700000001
- Similarity Product: 264.66970468969

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