PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16283161
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
Optical fiber connectors and adapters are disclosed. A connector assembly includes a sleeve seal positioned near a proximal end of the connector, the seal fits over an alignment sleeve contained within an adapter. The connector may include a heat shrinkable tubing covering a distal end of the connector to prevent ingress of moisture and debris. The sleeve seal is compressed by a proximal face of a connector plug frame. The sleeve seal contains a plural of sealing or mating surfaces to prevent the ingress of moisture through the adapter opening into the plug frame housing a ferrule. The adapter further comprises a washer-seal that is placed between an adapter flange face and a module face plate that secures the adapter with connectors therein to a rack of adapters.

Claim (Index 14):
The fiber optic connector assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the connector is selected from a group comprising a SC connector, a LC connector, a MPO connector, a CS connector or a SN connector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.875
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14376285', '13106524', '11657402', '15498697', '14323135']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8372111606442383
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4790697365661973
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8013970182364343
- Mean Citation Score: 202.044202
- Max Citation Score: 206.36221
- Similarity Product: 154.50228429773568

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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