PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["439", "275000"]

Abstract:
Waterproof apparatus for cables and cable interfaces are provided herein. An exemplary apparatus includes a coupler body that includes a first end configured to releaseably couple with a connector bulkhead and a second end having an opening that is sized to receive a sealing gland, a cavity for receiving the sealing gland, the sealing gland comprising an outer peripheral surface configured to sealingly engage with an inner surface of the cavity, the sealing gland comprising an aperture that is configured to receive a cable.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for waterproofing a pre-terminated cable and connector, the method comprising:\n threading the pre-terminated cable and connector through a coupler cap having an angled inner sidewall; placing a sealing gland around the pre-terminated cable in such a way that the sealing gland encircles a section of the pre-terminated cable to form a waterproof seal between the sealing gland and the cable; threading the pre-terminated cable and connector into a coupler body that includes a first end configured to releaseably couple with a connector bulkhead and a second end having a plurality of tabs that form a recess; disposing the sealing gland within the recess; and engaging the coupler cap with the second end of the coupler body such that the plurality of tabs are compressed against the sealing gland by the angled inner sidewall of the coupler cap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81633
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14802829', '13925566', '15246118', '15213006', '14719509']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.783554029944984
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5387117920603958
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7590698061565252
- Mean Citation Score: 237.353696
- Max Citation Score: 302.09863
- Similarity Product: 278.6392636769897

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

Dataset: test