PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15871973
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "250000"]

Abstract:
A tulip assembly configured to be coupled to a screw head having a first diameter includes a housing, wherein the housing defines an inner diameter configured to engage the first diameter of the screw head. The exemplary inner diameter of the housing being smaller than the first diameter of the screw head.

Claim (Index 19):
The method as recited in  claim 18 , wherein the tulip assembly is a first tulip assembly of an implant assembly comprising two tulip assemblies, the method further comprising:\n positioning a second tulip assembly with its engagement orifice proximate the head portion of the second pedicle screw; and applying a force between the second pedicle screw and the second tulip assembly whereby the head portion of the second pedicle screw is drawn into the bore of the second tulip assembly, thereby creating a compression fit between the inner wall of the housing and the head of the second pedicle screw due to the head diameter of the second pedicle screw being larger than the inner diameter of the engagement orifice and the bore.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89655
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11952709', '12056571', '11543348', '11327132', '11726868']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7984976258814412
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5125174634105215
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7698996096343492
- Mean Citation Score: 281.670484
- Max Citation Score: 375.9675
- Similarity Product: 302.7469961035252

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

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