PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15864126
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "249000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides spinous process implant and associated methods. In one aspect of the invention the implant limits the maximum spacing between the spinous processes. In another aspect of the invention, a spacer has at least one transverse opening to facilitate tissue in-growth. In another aspect of the invention, an implant includes a spacer and separate extensions engageable with the spacer. The spacer is provided in a variety of lengths and superior to inferior surface spacings. In another aspect of the invention, an implant includes a spacer and a cerclage element offset from the midline of the spacer in use so that the spacer defines a fulcrum and the cerclage element is operative to impart a moment to the vertebrae about the spacer. In another aspect of the invention, instrumentation for inserting the implant is provided. In other aspects of the invention, methods for treating spine disease are provided.

Claim (Index 30):
The implant of  claim 25 , wherein the second lobe and fourth lobe are offset posteriorly relative to the fifth lobe and the seventh lobe to allow the first extension and second extension to interleave with the third extension and the fourth extension.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23288
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15242960', '12751856', '11934604', '12538710', '14992323']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8610344177370779
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5315633093206085
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.828087306895431
- Mean Citation Score: 445.22773400000005
- Max Citation Score: 468.8939
- Similarity Product: 298.2388405466794

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

Dataset: test