PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034916
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["227", "175100"]

Abstract:
A shipping member for selective attachment to a replaceable loading unit is provided. The shipping member includes an annular extension configured for selective engagement with a loading unit and configured to prevent movement of a knife assembly of the loading unit. The shipping member further includes first and second legs configured to prevent movement of a staple pusher assembly. The shipping member also includes a staple retaining surface configured to retain staples within a staple cartridge of the loading unit.

Claim (Index 2):
A shipping cap for a loading unit of a circular stapler, the shipping cap comprising:\n a base including an inner surface and an outer terminal edge; an annular extension extending proximally from the base and configured for engagement by a knife assembly of a loading unit; and first and second legs disposed radially inward of the outer terminal edge of the base and extending proximally from the base.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14149355', '14321336', '15319976', '14308731', '13739246']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8308562465954384
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5076639628812896
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7985370182240236
- Mean Citation Score: 359.401468
- Max Citation Score: 433.7231
- Similarity Product: 353.2077875706792

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

Dataset: test