PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16319986
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "072000"]

Abstract:
A ferrule has a through-hole with first and second ends to receive an optical fiber fixed between the ends. The through-hole includes first to fifth portions defining the through-hole. The first portion has an inner diameter being smaller away from the first end. The second portion has an inner circumferential surface continuous with the first portion and along an optical axis of the optical fiber. The third portion has an inner circumferential surface continuous with the inner circumferential surface of the second portion and has an inner diameter being smaller away from the second portion. The fourth portion has an inner circumferential surface continuous with the inner circumferential surface of the third portion and along the optical axis. The fifth portion has an inner circumferential surface continuous with the inner circumferential surface of the fourth portion and has an inner diameter that is smaller away from the fourth portion.

Claim (Index 2):
The ferrule according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the inner circumferential surface of the third portion curves with respect to a direction of the through-hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.71429
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12670581', '10267368', '11443426', '14108646', '13548927']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8316895525666215
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4920188593648532
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7977224832464447
- Mean Citation Score: 216.83520600000003
- Max Citation Score: 227.45346
- Similarity Product: 165.6752275368905

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