PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16011938
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "137000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of a furcated optical fiber cable are provided. A main distribution cable has optical fibers surrounded by a cable jacket. The optical fibers are divided into at least two furcation legs. A furcation plug is located at a transition point between the main distribution cable and the at least two furcation legs. The furcation plug surrounds at least a portion of the main distribution cable and each of the at least two furcation legs. Optical connectors are provided for each of the at least two furcation legs, and each connector includes optical fibers that are spliced at a splice location to the optical fibers of the connector's respective furcation leg. The splice location is closer to the connector than to the furcation plug. A method of furcating an optical fiber cable and a pulling configuration for the furcated optical fiber cable are also provided.

Claim (Index 18):
The method of  claim 13 , wherein the step of dividing a plurality of optical fibers from a main distribution cable into at least two furcation legs further comprises dividing from 72 to 144 optical fibers from the main distribution cable into the at least two furcation legs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.62712
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13161976', '11003102', '13767318', '12557055', '13165974']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8625290323390165
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5261837123917062
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8288945003442854
- Mean Citation Score: 335.1312200000001
- Max Citation Score: 342.22815
- Similarity Product: 212.92136533487144

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

Dataset: test