PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953981
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes a reusable component and a limited-use component. The reusable component includes a first electrical contact. The limited-use component is releasably engagable with the reusable component. The limited-use component includes a second electrical contact configured to electrically couple to the first electrical contact to establish electrical communication between the reusable component and the limited-use component. The second electrical contact is movable from a first position, wherein the second electrical contact is positioned to electrically couple to the first electrical contact upon engagement of the limited-use component and the reusable component to one another, to a second position, wherein the second electrical contact is positioned to inhibit electrical coupling to the first electrical contact upon engagement of the limited-use component and the reusable component to one another.

Claim (Index 20):
An electrosurgical instrument, comprising:\n a housing including a first electrical contact; and an energy delivery device defining a longitudinal axis and configured to releasably couple to the housing, the energy delivery device including a second electrical contact configured to electrically couple to the first electrical contact upon coupling of the energy delivery device to the housing to establish electrical communication between the housing and the energy delivery device for delivering energy to tissue, the second electrical contact movable between a first position, wherein coupling of the energy delivery device to the housing is permitted, and a second position, wherein the second electrical contact prevents coupling of the energy delivery device to the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.425
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13460414', '13460440', '15636053', '15181042', '13460398']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7468107589350974
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5208165557785851
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7242113386194462
- Mean Citation Score: 326.888914
- Max Citation Score: 402.18295
- Similarity Product: 277.1719453934014

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