PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970760
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "291000"]

Abstract:
Certain embodiments of the invention provide plates for treating periarticular fractures or other non-full body weight bearing applications that combine polyaxial fixation with a low profile and enhanced contouring that more closely conforms to bone. Such plates can be designed to achieve buttressing effect and/or to be used in a reinforcement mode. Other features can be combined with these. Such plates can be created for use on bone sites such as on a tibia, fibula, metatarsal, calcaneous, other foot bone, humerus, radius, ulna, spinal, maxillofacial, as well as sites on other bones.

Claim (Index 2):
The implant of  claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of fins defining the non-threaded opening is capable of engaging the head of the bone fastener for securing the head of the fastener to the implant at an oblique angle with respect to the central axis of the aperture.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51429
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15706877', '15970773', '14535573', '12069331', '14605651']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8804577679866211
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6811092178356896
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8605229129715279
- Mean Citation Score: 615.0613139999998
- Max Citation Score: 721.63965
- Similarity Product: 687.4778055781958

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

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