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 13):
An apparatus for inking a surgical instrument, comprising:\n 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; a holder positioned immovably in the cavity of the inking capsule, the holder comprising a body dimensioned to receive the ink reservoir such that the ink reservoir is substantially immovable with respect to the holder, and at least one protrusion extending from the body and engaged with the inking capsule to prevent lateral movement of the holder within the inking capsule; a seal made from an impermeable and penetrable material, the seal affixed to the first opening of the inking capsule and extending over the second opening of the ink reservoir and sealing the ink in the ink reservoir, the seal comprising an insertion region overlying the second opening, the insertion region defined by a visible indicating boundary, wherein the seal is penetrable by the surgical instrument using a nominal manual force to allow a portion of the surgical instrument to break through the seal within an insertion region and contact the ink dispersed in the substrate; and a cap made from rigid material for removably covering the inking capsule, wherein the cap covers the seal when the cap is positioned to cover the inking capsule.

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): 0.6684084280109923
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4431814688296409
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6458857320928572
- Mean Citation Score: 154.59269799999996
- Max Citation Score: 170.27625
- Similarity Product: 135.4838920582831

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

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