PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226134
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "098000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector and a carrier. The connector has first and second ends and a terminated fiber. The fiber defines a first end adjacent the first end of the connector and a second end protruding out of the second end of the connector. A carrier having a connector end and an opposite cable end is engaged with the connector. An alignment structure on the carrier includes a first end, a second end, and a throughhole and also a cutaway extending perpendicularly to and communicating with the throughhole. The fiber is positioned within at least a portion of the throughhole with the second end located within the cutaway. A window is within the cutaway over the second end of the fiber for visually inspecting the alignment of the second end of the fiber with an end of another fiber.

Claim (Index 18):
An alignment guide for aligning two optical fibers, the alignment guide comprising:\n a base including a first end and a second end and a throughhole extending from the first end to the second end, the base including a cutaway portion extending generally perpendicularly to and communicating with the throughhole; and a window disposed within the cutaway portion of the base, the window configured for visually inspecting an alignment of the optical fibers; wherein the base defines conical portions communicating with the throughhole on the first end and the second end to facilitate insertion of the optical fibers into the throughhole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81481
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12500188', '13872695', '14860109', '12789139', '14062540']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8284421396812922
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5412857363555407
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.799726499348717
- Mean Citation Score: 372.456644
- Max Citation Score: 383.08118
- Similarity Product: 333.3257244265401

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

Dataset: test