PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16055243
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "039000"]

Abstract:
An optical unit and an optical path tube are easily connected. A structure of connection between a side surface ( 1 a ) of the optical unit and the optical path tube includes: an extensible tube ( 72 ) constituting at least a part of the optical path tube, the extensible tube being extensible in a tube axis direction; a flange ( 26 ) attached to one end of the optical path tube; a flange receiving part ( 20 ) provided on the optical unit, the flange receiving part ( 20 ) receiving a front surface ( 26 a ) of the flange ( 26 ), the front surface ( 26 a ) of the flange ( 26 ) being an end surface on an open side; and a biasing part ( 23, 72 ) configured to bias at least a part of the optical path tube in a direction in which the extensible tube ( 72 ) extends.

Claim (Index 17):
The structure according to  claim 1 , wherein\n an operation tab for operating a limit switch is attached to the optical path tube, and the limit switch is attached to the optical unit, operation of the limit switch being performed by means of the operation tab in a state where the front surface of the flange is received by the flange receiving part.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.07273
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15351988', '12255246', '14643782', '13642408', '14238405']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8078217032725378
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4809355892945993
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7751330918747439
- Mean Citation Score: 136.861294
- Max Citation Score: 144.27715
- Similarity Product: 95.2063857755661

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