PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901151
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "080000"]

Abstract:
A method of making a fiber optic connector sub-assembly involves: initially disposing a bonding agent in a ferrule bore of a ferrule; heating at least a portion of the ferrule above a melting temperature of the bonding agent so that some of the bonding agent melts; and solidifying the bonding agent that has melted to form the fiber optic connector sub-assembly, all without an optical fiber being disposed within the ferrule bore.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of making a fiber optic connector sub-assembly that includes a ferrule having a front end, a rear end, a ferrule bore extending between the front and rear ends along a longitudinal axis, the method comprising:\n disposing the bonding agent in the ferrule bore of the ferrule as a powdered material; heating at least a portion of the ferrule above a melting temperature of the bonding agent initially disposed in the ferrule bore so that some of the powdered material melts; and solidifying melted bonding agent to form the fiber optic connector sub-assembly; wherein a portion of the powdered material initially disposed in the ferrule bore remains below the melting temperature of the bonding agent when heating the at least a portion of the ferrule.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67391
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15900876', '14920023', '14886905', '15686490', '14687237']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8510004886976446
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5561354415973356
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8215139839876137
- Mean Citation Score: 377.916986
- Max Citation Score: 440.33426
- Similarity Product: 365.7602812391018

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

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