PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15888802
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["401", "011000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for inking a surgical instrument are provided herein. In some embodiments, and apparatus for inking a surgical instrument includes: an inking capsule, comprising a base and a vertical wall extending from the base to define a cavity, the inking capsule having a first opening opposite the base; an ink reservoir disposed within the cavity, the ink reservoir having ink disposed therein and comprising a second opening proximate a top portion of the ink reservoir; and a penetrable seal covering the second opening to seal the ink in the ink reservoir when the seal is in an unbroken state.

Claim (Index 4):
The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the holder further comprises at least one protrusion disposed between the body and the vertical wall of the inking capsule to prevent lateral movement of the holder within the inking capsule.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07547
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15037373', '10742320', '14272397', '12099333', '14213602']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6879661593212828
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4731877375742595
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6664883171465805
- Mean Citation Score: 154.59269799999996
- Max Citation Score: 170.27625
- Similarity Product: 105.12546976871788

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

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