PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16011938
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "137000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of a furcated optical fiber cable are provided. A main distribution cable has optical fibers surrounded by a cable jacket. The optical fibers are divided into at least two furcation legs. A furcation plug is located at a transition point between the main distribution cable and the at least two furcation legs. The furcation plug surrounds at least a portion of the main distribution cable and each of the at least two furcation legs. Optical connectors are provided for each of the at least two furcation legs, and each connector includes optical fibers that are spliced at a splice location to the optical fibers of the connector's respective furcation leg. The splice location is closer to the connector than to the furcation plug. A method of furcating an optical fiber cable and a pulling configuration for the furcated optical fiber cable are also provided.

Claim (Index 20):
A pulling configuration for a furcated optical fiber cable, comprising:\n a main distribution cable including a plurality of optical fibers surrounded by a cable jacket; at least two furcation legs into which the plurality of optical fibers are divided, he at least two furcation legs transitioning from the main distribution cable; a furcation plug located at a transition point between the main distribution cable and the at least two furcation legs, the furcation plug surrounding at least a portion of the main distribution cable and each of the at least two furcation legs; a pulling ring encircling the main distribution cable and located on a side of the furcation plug opposite the furcation legs; a pulling mesh surrounding the at least furcation legs; and a pulling loop formed at an end of the pulling mesh; wherein the pulling loop is mechanically linked to the main distribution cable via the pulling ring such that pulling forces on the pulling loop are primarily borne by the main distribution cable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.62712
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13161976', '11003102', '13767318', '12557055', '13165974']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8475361768229835
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5185653479169178
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8146390939323769
- Mean Citation Score: 335.1312200000001
- Max Citation Score: 342.22815
- Similarity Product: 292.1059466383249

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