PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16352246
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["600", "162000"]

Abstract:
This application presents to an endoscope having a compact distal tip, and to a method for constructing same. In some embodiments one or more optical and sensing elements are mounted directly on an internal surface of a lumen within an external housing, which housing comprises an outer wall of the endoscope tip. Space saved by eliminating intervening containing elements can be used to enhance endoscope performance and/or reduce endoscope size.

Claim (Index 1):
An endoscope tip comprising:\n an housing carrying a lens mounting portion at a distal end, said lens mounting portion configured as a first lumen having an internal surface therewithin, wherein the internal surface comprises an obstructive feature that narrows a diameter of the lens mounting portion, the housing further carrying at least a second lumen separate from the lens mounting portion; and an optical element assembly positioned within said lens mounting portion comprising a first component, a spacer and one or more intermediate components arranged therebetween, said components comprising at least one light-transmissive element, wherein the spacer is not a lens and the spacer abuts the obstructive feature of the lens mounting portion, wherein at least said first component is affixed to said internal surface of said first lumen and prevents distal movement of said intermediate components, and wherein said first component and obstructive feature maintain said intermediate components fixed in position within said lens mounting portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.31579
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12230745', '12769292', '14072861', '13921994', '11089520']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4159169222173751
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5273100950237484
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4270562394980124
- Mean Citation Score: 224.32221400000003
- Max Citation Score: 361.05212
- Similarity Product: 324.0380075211048

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

Dataset: test