PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881188
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["083", "169000"]

Abstract:
In a method of removing a protecting synthetic coating ( 1 ) from an elongated element ( 2 ) in the form of an optical fibre ( 3 ) surrounded by the coating a cut ( 8 ) is created into the coating by knife edges ( 6 ). The element is displaced with respect to the knife edges in the longitudinal direction of the element for displacing coating material ( 17 ) by said knives. At least one drop of liquid ( 12 ) with wetting properties is supplied to the cut for being sucked into a space created between the coating and the optical fibre during said displacement for acting as a lubricant for a sliding of the coating to be removed along the fibre.

Claim (Index 15):
An apparatus for removing a protecting synthetic coating ( 1 ) from an elongated element ( 2 ) in the form of an optical fibre ( 3 ) surrounded by said coating ( 1 ), for exposing the outer surface ( 15 ) of the fibre, said apparatus comprising:\n means ( 4 ) configured to hold said element ( 2 ) for removal of said coating ( 1 ), at least two knives ( 5 ) with cutting edges ( 6 ), means ( 7 ) configured to move said knives ( 5 ) with the cutting edges ( 6 ) thereof substantially transversely with respect to said element ( 2 ) held by said holding means ( 4 ) from at least two substantially opposite directions, to create a cut ( 8 ) into said coating ( 1 ) through a substantial part of the thickness of the coating ( 1 ) without reaching said fibre ( 3 ), an arrangement ( 13 ) configured and positioned with respect to said holding means ( 4 ) to displace said element ( 2 ) held by said holding means ( 4 ) with respect to said knives ( 5 ) in the longitudinal direction of said element ( 2 ), to displace coating material ( 17 ) downstream with respect to a direction of displacement of the element ( 2 ) and a position of said cut ( 8 ), expose a fibre surface ( 15 ) thereunder and create a space between said coating ( 1 ) and said optical fibre ( 3 ), and a nozzle ( 11 ) configured and positioned to supply at least one drop of liquid ( 12 ) with wetting properties to said cut ( 8 ) formed in said element ( 2 ) held by said holding means ( 4 ) from a position upstream of the knife edges ( 6 ) and longitudinally away from a position ( 14 ) of said cut ( 8 ), and introduce liquid into the space between said coating and said optical fibre ( 3 ),\n with said knives ( 5 ) configured to jointly form a funnel-like cavity ( 9 ) and said nozzle ( 11 ) disposed adjacent the funnel-like cavity ( 9 ) for receiving said liquid by said funnel-like cavity ( 9 ) when said knives ( 5 ) are moved towards each other substantially through the entire thickness of said coating ( 1 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88406
- Patent Class: 83.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12988932', '14234272', '14394266', '14764398', '14784576']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7306008193360289
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4967216604583913
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7072129034482652
- Mean Citation Score: 159.784434
- Max Citation Score: 264.5079
- Similarity Product: 203.4121072910428

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

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