PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16214317
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["385", "059000"]

Abstract:
An adapter with novel alignment features engages alignment features on a plug, providing general alignment of the ferrule holders and ferrules in the plug. After the plug engages the adapter, the ferrule holders engage a second set of alignment features in the adapter to provide fine alignment for the ferrules.

Claim (Index 15):
An adapter for aligning fiber optic ferrules inserted from opposing sides comprising:\n a main body having an opening defined by two opposing side walls, a top surface and a bottom surface, the opening extending between a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side separated by a central portion inside the main body; and a plurality of grooves disposed in a top surface and a bottom surface of the central portion, each of the plurality of grooves extending into the central portion from each of the first side and the second side.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86207
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15855750', '14214931', '15503203', '15463639', '12540193']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8243840350000388
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5450487986228626
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7964505113623211
- Mean Citation Score: 292.309502
- Max Citation Score: 400.46957
- Similarity Product: 389.32481029586967

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

Dataset: test