PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762261
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["385", "098000"]

Abstract:
An optical fiber connecting device ( 100 ) and method of optically connecting two optical fibers ( 50, 50′ ) is described. The device ( 100 ) includes a housing ( 110 ), and first and second mechanical elements ( 130, 150 ) disposed within the housing ( 110 ). A first actuation cap ( 140 ) is disposed adjacent the first mechanical element ( 130 ) to secure a first optical fiber ( 50 ) within the first mechanical element ( 130 ) upon actuation, and a second actuation cap ( 160 ) disposed adjacent the second mechanical element ( 150 ) to secure a second optical fiber ( 50′ ) within the second mechanical element ( 150 ) upon actuation. The first and second optical fibers ( 50, 50′ ) can be positioned, secured and actuated in the connection device ( 100 ) at the same or at different times.

Claim (Index 18):
An optical fiber connecting device module for to connect a plurality of first and second optical fibers, the first and second optical fibers each including a bare glass portion surrounded by a buffer layer, the module comprising\n a first optical fiber connecting device and a second optical fiber connecting device attached to the first optical fiber connecting device by an integral coupling mechanism,\n wherein each of the first and second optical connecting devices each comprise a housing comprising a main body configured to contain a first mechanical element and a second mechanical element for axially aligning and gripping the bare glass portion of the first and second optical fibers; \n a first actuation cap disposed adjacent to the first mechanical element that can be actuated to secure a first bare glass portion of the first optical fiber within the first mechanical element; and \n a second actuation cap disposed adjacent to the second mechanical element that can be actuated to secure a second bare glass portion of the second optical fiber within the second mechanical element, \n wherein the first and second optical fibers are positioned, secured and actuated in the connection device at the same or different times.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.89286
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15762247', '11888191', '12527217', '15785626', '15708846']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8129661261169682
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.504345294293881
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7821040429346594
- Mean Citation Score: 225.728292
- Max Citation Score: 307.7082
- Similarity Product: 279.37699756515025

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

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