PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911739
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "051000"]

Abstract:
An endoscopic bipolar forceps includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The jaws members are connected to a source of electrical energy such that the jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a tissue seal. At least one non-conductive and spaced-apart stop member is disposed on an inner-facing surface of the jaw members to regulate the gap distance between the jaw members when tissue is held therebetween. The forceps also includes a longitudinally reciprocating knife which severs the tissue after sealing at a location which is proximate the sealing site.

Claim (Index 8):
The bipolar electrosurgical instrument according to  claim 2 , wherein at least the second stop member is configured to maintain space between the first and second seal surfaces in the second position of the first and second jaw members.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 69.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.825
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12348748', '10471818', '11358180', '14719564', '10116944']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8905827258576826
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.517729349409279
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8532973882128423
- Mean Citation Score: 385.764862
- Max Citation Score: 403.49362
- Similarity Product: 317.11145477239614

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

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