PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16245982
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["385", "136000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic cable external shield connector grounds a fiber optic cable having both a corrugated conductive shield and a strength member without removal of the outer protective layer of the fiber optic cable. The connector has a grounding cover and a cooperative grounding base each with an electrically conductive grounding assembly having an array of prongs. Bosses of the cover and bosses of the base are fastened together to force the prongs of the conductive assembly to pierce the outer non-conductive sheath of the fiber optic cable. The prongs cooperatively pinch the strength member to ultimately connect the corrugated shield and strength member to an outside ground.

Claim (Index 7):
The optical wire grounding assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the distal end of each of the plurality of prongs extends away from the first surfaces beyond the second surfaces of the cover and the base a distance greater than or equal to the combined radial thickness of the conductive shield and the outer nonconductive sheath.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11321
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15916764', '15054259', '12372937', '12569227', '13368728']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8226525686092053
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5370709204006964
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7940944037883544
- Mean Citation Score: 224.90439800000004
- Max Citation Score: 374.37076
- Similarity Product: 302.4754960480452

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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