PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15991851
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["385", "053000"]

Abstract:
An example apparatus includes an optical fiber, an actuator, and a joint mechanically coupling the actuator to the optical fiber. The joint includes a neck extending along an axis. The optical fiber is threaded through an aperture extending along the axis through the neck. The optical fiber is attached to the joint at a surface of the neck facing the axis. The joint also includes a collar extending along the axis. The actuator is mechanically attached to the joint at an inner surface of the collar facing the axis. The joint also includes a flexural element extending radially from the neck to the collar. During operation, the joint couples a force from the actuator to the optical fiber to vary an orientation of a portion of the optical fiber extending from the neck with respect to the axis.

Claim (Index 25):
The apparatus of  claim 24 , wherein the optical guide is configured, during operation, to receive light from the illumination source, guide the received light to an end of the optical fiber, and emit the received light from the first end of the optical fiber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.17021
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13049041', '13049003', '15944390', '11491384', '12065580']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8115684003538611
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.478665913811023
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7782781516995773
- Mean Citation Score: 149.41034
- Max Citation Score: 153.22048999999996
- Similarity Product: 104.69904316329772

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

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