PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15888802
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["401", "011000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for inking a surgical instrument are provided herein. In some embodiments, and apparatus for inking a surgical instrument includes: an inking capsule, comprising a base and a vertical wall extending from the base to define a cavity, the inking capsule having a first opening opposite the base; an ink reservoir disposed within the cavity, the ink reservoir having ink disposed therein and comprising a second opening proximate a top portion of the ink reservoir; and a penetrable seal covering the second opening to seal the ink in the ink reservoir when the seal is in an unbroken state.

Claim (Index 8):
The apparatus of  claim 7 , further comprising a cap shaped to cover the first opening of the inking capsule and the seal thereon, the cap made from rigid material, wherein the cap further comprises a third opening aligned with insertion region of the seal, such that when the cap is assembled to the inking capsule, the third opening allows access to the insertion region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07547
- Patent Class: 401.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15037373', '10742320', '14272397', '12099333', '14213602']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6631559194037159
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4655287410367955
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6433932015670238
- Mean Citation Score: 154.59269799999996
- Max Citation Score: 170.27625
- Similarity Product: 110.98441162459552

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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