PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16142287
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
A preconnectorized outdoor cable streamlines the deployment of optical waveguides into the last mile of an optical network. The preconnectorized outdoor cable includes a cable and at least one plug connector. The plug connector is attached to a first end of the cable, thereby connectorizing at least one optical waveguide. The cable has at least one optical waveguide, at least one tensile element, and a cable jacket. Various cable designs such as figure-eight or flat cables may be used with the plug connector. In preferred embodiments, the plug connector includes a crimp assembly having a crimp housing and a crimp band. The crimp housing has two half-shells being held together by the crimp band for securing the at least one tensile element. When fully assembled, the crimp housing fits into a shroud of the preconnectorized cable. The shroud aides in mating the preconnectorized cable with a complimentary receptacle.

Claim (Index 1):
A preconnectorized cable, comprising:\n a cable comprising:\n at least one optical waveguide; \n a plurality of tensile elements; and \n a cable jacket; and \n at least one plug connector, the at least one plug connector being attached to an end of the cable, thereby connectorizing the at least one optical waveguide, the at least one plug connector comprising:\n a connector assembly comprising a connector body and a ferrule; and \n a shroud comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the ferrule is accessible within the first end of the shroud, and the first end of the shroud extends slightly beyond the connector assembly for protecting the ferrule and the shroud has at least one opening for keying the plug connector so it only mates in one orientation with a complimentary receptacle; and \n a coupling nut having a passageway sized to fit over the second end of shroud and rotates about a medial portion the shroud for mating with the complimentary receptacle, wherein the coupling nut having a securing means comprising a quarter-turn lock.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13158
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14997742', '11980938', '12871349', '12247397', '11526315']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8860316166559656
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6132869787952768
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8587571528698967
- Mean Citation Score: 419.254104
- Max Citation Score: 421.56848
- Similarity Product: 417.956661846428

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