PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940484
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "250000"]

Abstract:
A vertebral fixation plate assembly for securing adjacent vertebral bodies is provided that is configured to distract or extend along its length, as well as provide multiple degrees of freedom between the fixation points and the vertebral fixation plate in order to accommodate different installation locations, as well as different surgical approaches. Methods of using the vertebral fixation plate assembly are also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
A vertebral fixation plate assembly, comprising:\n a first plate having an inward side and an outward side, the first plate comprising a fixation end and a tongue end extending therefrom, wherein the tongue end comprises an elongated aperture extending between the inward side and the outward side; and a second plate having an inward side and an outward side, the second plate comprising a fixation end and a recessed end extending therefrom, wherein the recessed end comprises a recess adapted to receive the tongue end of the first plate, and wherein the inward side of the recessed plate comprises an inward aperture therethrough and the outward side of the recessed plate comprises an outward aperture therethrough.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48889
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12710103', '12146291', '15214764', '14272557', '14936911']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7939262415179695
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4678434439172795
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7613179617579006
- Mean Citation Score: 214.2663
- Max Citation Score: 217.72908
- Similarity Product: 155.59609750106335

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

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