PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956942
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["385", "072000"]

Abstract:
A method comprises applying a frit material to a plurality of fibers in a fiber bundle. The frit material has a first melting temperature lower than a second melting temperature of the plurality of fibers in the fiber bundle. The method also comprises heating the frit material at a temperature between the first melting temperature and the second melting temperature to bind the frit material to the plurality of fibers without melting the plurality of fibers in the fiber bundle and to create a seal between the plurality of fibers.

Claim (Index 7):
The method of  claim 4 , wherein applying the frit material to the plurality of fibers comprises:\n injecting the frit material between the plurality of fibers prior to inserting the fiber bundle into the housing; and injecting additional frit material between the fiber bundle and the end portion of the housing to fill gaps within the seal between the fiber bundle and the inner surface of the end portion of the housing or within the seal between the plurality of fibers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81818
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13964335', '13964321', '13065183', '13964279', '13964260']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7886786728459428
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4910076919145773
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7589115747528064
- Mean Citation Score: 173.05561400000005
- Max Citation Score: 180.15805
- Similarity Product: 125.1129951253712

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

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