PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762281
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "055000"]

Abstract:
Fiber connecting devices ( 100 ) are described that include a mechanical element ( 160 ) that may be opened and closed a plurality of times using an actuation mechanism ( 150, 150 ′), where the mechanism ( 150, 150 ′) allows for securing of the glass portions ( 56, 56 ′) of two optical fibers ( 50, 50 ′) at the same or different times, and allows for connection of the optical fibers ( 50, 50 ′). Methods of connecting two optical fibers ( 50, 50 ′) using such a device ( 100 ) are also described.

Claim (Index 16):
The device of  claim 1 , further comprising a first fiber clamping portion on a first side of the housing and a second fiber clamping portion in the second side of the housing, wherein the first clamping portion is configured to clamp onto an outer surface of the first optical fiber and the second clamping portion is configured to clamp onto an outer surface of the second optical fiber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23529
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15762261', '15762247', '11888191', '15522183', '15785626']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7892693493684146
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.51992588498336
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7623350029299092
- Mean Citation Score: 245.64182800000003
- Max Citation Score: 307.73108
- Similarity Product: 224.85554669925213

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

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