PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16137677
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["606", "056000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are external fixation frames for correcting bone deformities. The external fixation frames include a top fixation ring and a bottom fixation ring coupled to one another by at least two struts. A half ring is coupled to bottom fixation ring. The bottom fixation ring is u-shaped. One or more rocker members may be coupled to the bottom fixation ring. The half ring may be hingedly coupled to the bottom fixation ring such that it can rotate with respect to the bottom fixation ring from a first position to a second position.

Claim (Index 1):
An external fixation frame for correcting a bone deformity, comprising:\n a top fixation ring; a u-shaped bottom fixation ring including a medial anterior projection, a lateral anterior projection, and a rounded posterior section connecting the medial anterior projection to the lateral anterior projection; a medial strut configured to couple a medial portion of the top fixation ring to a medial portion of the bottom fixation ring; a lateral strut configured to couple a lateral portion of the top fixation ring to a lateral portion of the bottom fixation ring; a half ring configured to couple to the bottom fixation ring so that it is positioned between the top fixation ring and the bottom fixation ring; and a rocker member configured to couple to a bottom surface of the bottom fixation ring.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94118
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15635960', '13792634', '14707630', '16108787', '15485402']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8269905839192659
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5867033767590425
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8029618632032436
- Mean Citation Score: 510.754022
- Max Citation Score: 527.67395
- Similarity Product: 501.2180013828933

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

Dataset: test