PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980414
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["433", "226000"]

Abstract:
A dental device for shaping matrix bands. The device has a first arm pivotally connected to a second arm. A male head component having a curved, convex inner sidewall with a flattened surface centrally disposed thereon is connected to a bar portion of the first arm. A female head component having a curved, concave inner sidewall with a flattened surface centrally disposed thereon is connected to a bar portion of the second arm. When a handle portion of the first arm is pivoted towards a handle portion of the second arm, the first bar portion pivots toward the second bar portion. The male head component mates with the female head component such that the inner sidewall of the male head component interfaces with the inner sidewall of the female head component, and the flattened surface of the male head component interfaces with the flattened surface of the female head component.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of shaping a matrix band ( 10 ), said method comprising:\n a. providing the dental device ( 100 ) of  claim 1 ; b. pivoting the dental device ( 100 ) into the open configuration; c. placing the matrix band ( 10 ) between the male head component ( 130 ) and the female head component ( 140 ) such that an inner surface ( 15 ) of the matrix band faces the inner sidewall ( 131 ) of male head component; d. pivoting the dental device ( 100 ) into the closed configuration such that the matrix band ( 10 ) is interposed between the male head component ( 130 ) and the female head component ( 140 ) as the male head component ( 130 ) mates with the female head component ( 140 ); and e. applying pressure to the first and second handle portions ( 114 ,  124 ) so as to press the male head component ( 130 ) and the female head component ( 140 ) against each other, thereby shaping the matrix band ( 10 ) to have i) a contour and curvature similar to that of the inner sidewall ( 141 ) of the female head component, and ii) the first flattened surface ( 134 ) similar to the second flattened surface ( 144 ), the first flattened surface ( 134 ) is disposed on the midsection within the convex contour of the convex inner sidewall ( 131 ) of the male head component, and the second flattened surface ( 144 ) is disposed on the midsection within the concave contour of the concave inner sidewall ( 141 ) of the female head component, wherein the first flattened surface ( 134 ) is aligned with and facing the second flattened surface ( 144 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.2
- Patent Class: 433.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13450711', '13949614', '13439652', '13745032', '14397859']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6465095945368101
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4859943248354008
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6304580675666691
- Mean Citation Score: 167.083534
- Max Citation Score: 179.6513
- Similarity Product: 110.63213373602032

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

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