PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963242
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "270000"]

Abstract:
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods of installing the same. The orthopedic fixation device may include a coupling element and a bone fastener, whereby the bone fastener can be loaded into the coupling element through the bottom of a bore in the coupling element.

Claim (Index 20):
An orthopedic fixation device comprising:\n a tulip element including a body having a bore therethrough and arms extending upwardly from the body to define a U-shaped channel, an interior surface of each arm comprises a slot, and an outer surface of each arm includes a groove having a first angled portion connected to a second angled portion; a bone fastener having a head and an extension that extends from the head, wherein the head is configured for loading into the tulip element; a locking clamp assembly positioned in the bore of the tulip element, wherein the locking clamp assembly comprises a wedge element and a clamp element to secure the bone fastener in the tulip element; and a locking cap assembly including a non-threaded locking cap and a threaded set screw, the non-threaded locking cap including a body having a plurality of lower tabs that extends outward from a lower end of the body a first distance and a plurality of upper tabs that extends from an upper end of the body, wherein the upper tabs are positioned above the lower tabs, and a protuberance extends outward from the body a second distance, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance, and wherein the plurality of lower tabs are configured to be received within the slots of the tulip element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53333
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14514796', '15645006', '15378157', '15193289', '15595188']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8344552955000585
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5409407275027097
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8051038387003236
- Mean Citation Score: 432.97448
- Max Citation Score: 448.60257
- Similarity Product: 394.9097825027561

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

Dataset: test