PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934622
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "247000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for joining members together using a self-drilling screw apparatus or stapling apparatus are disclosed. The screw apparatus includes a shell and first and second first screw members having tapered ends and threaded bodies that are disposed within the shell. A drive mechanism rotatably drives the first and second screw members from the shell in opposite directions and causes the screw members to embed themselves in the members to be joined. The screw apparatus can be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, vertebral bodies, wood, building materials, metals, masonry, or plastics. The stapling apparatus includes first and second lever arms rotatably joined together at a fulcrum, and the lever arms rotate in opposite directions. First and second cartridges are disposed at the ends of the lever arms. Each cartridge is capable of holding a staple including a bracket, a nail member and an alignment slot. When the ends of the lever arms are rotated towards each other the staples from the cartridges are interlocked. The staples can be also be used to join members such as bones, portions of the spinal column, or vertebral bodies.

Claim (Index 13):
An apparatus according to  claim 11  wherein the first screw member is of a diameter smaller than the diameter of the second screw member; and wherein the second screw member includes a hollow threaded portion that receives a portion of the threaded body of the first screw member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.32609
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11208644', '13093812', '12347990', '11536815', '14299711']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9031818902978668
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6068824126084611
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8735519425289262
- Mean Citation Score: 589.4463400000002
- Max Citation Score: 643.5263
- Similarity Product: 517.8231472404003

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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