PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16140500
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
An expandable assembly for insertion into an intervertebral space is presented. The assembly, in particular aspects, includes an elongate body comprising an upper portion and a lower portion. The assembly may include an expander that is sized and shaped for insertion between the upper portion and lower portion, thereby selectively expanding the upper portion away from the lower portion. The elongate body may also include one or more bone graft windows.

Claim (Index 1):
An expandable cage for insertion into an intervertebral space, comprising:\n a cage having an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion having an upper bone contact surface and an upper portion lower surface, the lower portion having a lower bone contact surface and a lower portion upper surface, wherein the upper portion and the lower portion each define a window configured to permit bone growth therethrough; an elongate expander positioned substantially therebetween the upper portion lower surface and the lower portion upper surface, the elongate expander defining a window therethrough, wherein longitudinal translation of the elongate expander causes the expander to act upon portions of the upper portion and the lower portion to expand the cage body by separating at least a portion of the upper portion from at least a portion of the lower portion, wherein, in an expanded position, at least a portion of the windows in each of the upper portion, lower portion, and elongate expander unobstructed with respect to one another when viewed from a top view.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69565
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15666103', '14878963', '14561214', '13962879', '14185561']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7874991619531985
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5012086004814748
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7588701058060261
- Mean Citation Score: 305.61323600000014
- Max Citation Score: 344.6446
- Similarity Product: 334.4994798891783

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

Dataset: test