PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906215
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "059000"]

Abstract:
A fixation system for fixing a bone fracture has a plurality of blocks, needles and rods that snap together in a framework around the fracture. The needles are inserted through the bone and the blocks are snapped onto the ends of the needles. Rods are snapped onto the blocks on both sides of the finger to keep the finger in place. Each block has two channels located on opposite sides and extending perpendicular to each other. The channels are structured so that a rod or needle having a diameter equal or slightly greater than one of the channels can be snapped into and retained by the channel.

Claim (Index 9):
The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising closing a clip over at least one of the channels to lock a respective rod or needle in the at least one channel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68657
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15402396', '14445231', '14367274', '14289069', '12293051']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.729075322660252
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4721435595766317
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.70338214635189
- Mean Citation Score: 131.8313132
- Max Citation Score: 220.32556
- Similarity Product: 156.84322529096127

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

Dataset: test