PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15992717
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["396", "532000"]

Abstract:
A lens apparatus is mounted to a camera body by moving in a first direction as to the camera body. The camera body has a DGND terminal and multiple electric contacts, used for communication with an accessory mounted thereto, that are arrayed in order in a first direction. Contact portions of the multiple electric contacts at the lens apparatus include contact portions that are lower from an accessory-side contact holding member than a contact portion of the DGND terminal.

Claim (Index 1):
An accessory that is mounted to an imaging apparatus including a first electric contact serving as a ground level for the imaging apparatus and a plurality of communication contacts used for communication with an accessory mounted thereto that are arrayed in order in a first direction, by being moved in the first direction as to the imaging apparatus, the accessory comprising:\n a contact holding member; and a plurality of electric contacts provided to the contact holding member, wherein a plurality of contact portions at the accessory, where contact is made with each of the plurality of communication contacts in a state of being mounted to the imaging apparatus, include a contact portion where a height from the contact holding member is lower than a first contact portion at the accessory, coming into contact with the first electric contact in a state of being mounted to the imaging apparatus.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68
- Patent Class: 396.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15992644', '15992697', '15992599', '15992585', '15992510']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.743976175497989
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5173195488829188
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.721310512836482
- Mean Citation Score: 289.720714
- Max Citation Score: 322.0234700000001
- Similarity Product: 247.0656939145971

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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