PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962145
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "257000"]

Abstract:
A segmented rod assembly for aligning a spine having a plurality of vertebrae, including a rod, including a plurality of segments, the plurality of segments having at least a first segment arranged to be slidingly secured to a first vertebra of the spine, a second segment arranged to be fixedly secured to a second vertebra of the spine, and a third segment arranged between the first and second segments to be connected to a third vertebra of the spine, a tensioning member arranged within the plurality of segments, the tensioning member having a first end secured to the first segment and a second end.

Claim (Index 14):
The segmented rod assembly as recited in  claim 3 , wherein the winding assembly further comprises:\n a bar connected to the second end, the bar including one or more notches; a spring connected to the bar and arranged to bias the tensioning member in a first axial direction; and, a ratchet assembly operatively arranged to engage the one or more notches, wherein when the ratchet assembly is engaged with one of the one or more notches it prevents displacement of the tensioning member in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.02703
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15595292', '14995382', '11946644', '13086149', '13923799']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7932246763452806
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4924311882089104
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7631453275316437
- Mean Citation Score: 246.08169
- Max Citation Score: 299.82968
- Similarity Product: 226.6405657395792

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

Dataset: test