PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15895585
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["604", "531000"]

Abstract:
A catheter or other elongated member can include an elongated inner portion, an elongated outer portion, a flex circuit ribbon comprising at least one conductor, and an electrical contact. The flex circuit ribbon can be situated between the inner portion and the outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion can be (1) affixed together between portions of the flex circuit ribbon or (2) integrally formed such that masses of the inner and outer portions are joined together between portions of the flex circuit ribbon. The electrical contact can be configured to be exposed during use. The electrical contact can be situated at, or connected to, the at least one conductor of the flex circuit ribbon.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of making an apparatus, the method comprising:\n situating a flex circuit ribbon, comprising a plurality of conductors, between an elongated inner portion and an elongated outer portion by winding the flex circuit ribbon about the elongated inner portion; bonding the inner portion and the outer portion together between wound portions of the flex circuit ribbon; and electrically coupling a first connector to the flex circuit ribbon by respectively individually electrically coupling a first plurality of electrical connectors of the first connector to the plurality of conductors of the flex circuit ribbon.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51923
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14436416', '13847300', '13465655', '14711308', '12167051']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7634175031479598
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5511783014280635
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7421935829759702
- Mean Citation Score: 238.90014
- Max Citation Score: 442.0235
- Similarity Product: 358.8268800394535

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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