PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15865592
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "080000"]

Abstract:
A method of preparing a region between adjacent bones for fusion. A first aperture is formed that extends through one of the bones. An undercutting system is inserted into the first aperture. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus and a cutting assembly. A first path is cut between the adjacent bones by extending or retracting the cutting assembly with respect to the insertion apparatus.

Claim (Index 5):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein extending or retracting the cutting assembly comprises sliding the cutting assembly with respect to the insertion apparatus and wherein the aperture is oriented at an angle of between about 45 degrees and about 90 degrees with respect to a surface of the bone throughout which the aperture extends.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.62791
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14593579', '14813324', '15608705', '14721753', '13790458']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8348885710628049
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5205261976360763
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.803452333720132
- Mean Citation Score: 377.373878
- Max Citation Score: 399.57086
- Similarity Product: 283.06436115829115

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

Dataset: test