PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862832
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["606", "08600A"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments described herein provide interspinous process spacing devices and related systems and methods. In one embodiment, surgical instrument system for implanting an interspinous process spacing device includes a first arm having a proximal end, an elongated central portion, and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes a first engagement element configured for releasably engaging a first attachment side of an interspinous process spacing device. The system also includes a second arm having a proximal end, an elongated central portion, and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes a second engagement element configured for releasably engaging a second attachment side of the interspinous process spacing device. The first arm and the second arm are removably attachable to one another via attachment elements and are configured for aligning a spacer of the first attachment side and a spacer opening of the second attachment side.

Claim (Index 19):
The surgical instrument of  claim 17 , wherein the first projection is movable relative to the first guide member, and wherein the first projection and the first guide member are spaced apart from one another and configured for receiving a portion of the first plate therebetween.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64407
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14142090', '13047490', '13572125', '13047472', '15338988']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8463551026223646
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5472703541289364
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8164466277730218
- Mean Citation Score: 440.979892
- Max Citation Score: 482.52884000000006
- Similarity Product: 366.8798402301669

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