PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112222
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "143000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method of stapling including providing an end effector having a first jaw with an anvil, a second jaw with a cartridge retaining a plurality of staples, a first coupling that couples a first end of the first jaw to a first end of the second jaw, a second coupling including a rigid link that movably couples a second end of the first jaw to a second end of the second jaw, and a knife; inserting the end effector through a trocar; positioning the cartridge face; positioning the anvil face; operating the end effector to move the rigid link such that the first jaw is urged towards the second jaw; operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge; and actuating the knife.

Claim (Index 7):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge to staple the anatomical structure comprises urging the plurality of staples from the cartridge between the first coupling and the second coupling.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.91667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13971022', '14206713', '13967449', '13971006', '13967716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.945357603265456
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5494439775029887
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9057662406892092
- Mean Citation Score: 386.848678
- Max Citation Score: 399.1128
- Similarity Product: 261.33722881336206

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

Dataset: test