PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107754
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
A connector including two connector portions each including a ferrule and a latch, each latch including a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein the latch is pivotable about an intermediate connection portion; and a boot mounted to the connector portions, the boot movable longitudinally relative to the connector portions, wherein the boot causes the distal ends of the latch to pivot toward the ferrule of each connector portion as the boot is moved away from the connector portions. Front housings of the connector portions can each be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the ferrule without rotating the ferrule or the boot, to change the polarity of the two connector portions. The spacing between the two ferrules is adjustable. A holder holds the connector portions, the holder including side slots, the connector portions mounted to the holder by moving laterally to the side slots. The holder defines an area for receipt of a fiber optic cable when the ferrule is pushed in a direction toward the boot.

Claim (Index 27):
A connector comprising:\n (a) two LC connector portions each including:\n i) a ferrule assembly including a ferrule and a hub mounted together, and a spring, the ferrule assembly including a front sleeve and a rear sleeve, the front and rear sleeves mounted together with the ferrule end protruding and the spring located in an interior area biasing the ferrule toward an extended position; \n ii) a front housing mounted to the ferrule assembly to form a front of the connector portion, and including a latch, each latch including a distal end, and a proximal end, wherein the latch is pivotable about an intermediate connection portion, wherein the distal end includes a shoulder for mating with a latching shoulder of an adapter; \n (b) a holder for holding the two LC connector portions, the holder including side slots, the two LC connector portions mounted to the holder by moving laterally to the side slots, the holder including a rearwardly projecting crimp support; (c) a boot mounted to the holder, the boot movable longitudinally relative to the holder and the two LC connector portions, wherein the boot engages the proximal ends of the latch and causes the distal ends of the latch to pivot toward the ferrule of each LC connector portion as the boot is moved away from the two LC connector portions, wherein the boot includes angled slots on both sides of the boot for receiving the proximal ends of the latches, as the two LC connector portions are rotated to change polarity without rotating the boot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42667
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15111415', '14154352', '15499342', '14928799', '13887053']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8371504200352723
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6498130349676255
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8184166815285077
- Mean Citation Score: 350.139192
- Max Citation Score: 476.10822
- Similarity Product: 464.5825878095663

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

Dataset: test