PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16379546
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide an adapter for routing, supporting and protecting a filamentary medium from sharp bends and kinking. According to various embodiments, an adapter is provided comprising a body having an entrance end, the entrance end including a hemi-toroidal portion to form a through-hole in the body for receiving a distal portion the filamentary medium. In some embodiments, a proximal portion of the filamentary medium bends over a curved surface of the hemi-toroidal portion away from the through-hole while the distal portion of the filamentary medium is passed through the through-hole.

Claim (Index 5):
The adapter of  claim 1 , further comprising a slot ( 24 A and  24 B) in the body for receiving a ferrule ( 111 ) for surrounding a portion ( 164 ) of the filamentary medium, the ferrule, once engaged with the adapter, being disposed at least partially within the body for holding a portion ( 164 ) of the filamentary medium, the ferrule having a collar portion ( 112 ) corresponding to a recess ( 204 A and  204 B) in the body to secure the ferrule in place.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01923
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15494235', '15463639', '12203535', '11673152', '15469639']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8173048697713868
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5979060970967423
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7953649925039223
- Mean Citation Score: 232.612684
- Max Citation Score: 508.5422
- Similarity Product: 506.09379043043856

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