PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883967
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["606", "071000"]

Abstract:
A fracture fixation plate system for use on a long bone having a metaphysis and a diaphysis, includes at least one end plate having a head portion for the metaphysis, and at least one diaphyseal plate having a first end and a second end with a plurality of screw holes therebetween. The end plate includes mating structure adapted to mate with and securely couple to at least one end of the at least one diaphyseal plate. The system preferably includes several end plates and diaphyseal plates to accommodate anatomy of various sizes. A method for coupling the plates to the bone is also provided.

Claim (Index 31):
A method of coupling an assembly of bone plates to a radius bone having a surface, the method comprising:\n receiving a first plate having a first bone contacting surface and a first top surface, the first plate extending from a first end portion to a second end portion and including a plurality of bone screw holes therebetween; receiving a second plate having a second bone contacting surface and a second top surface, the second plate extending from a first end portion to a second end portion and including a plurality of bone screw holes therebetween, the second plate having a socket shaped as a slot sized to receive the second end portion of the first plate; sliding the second end portion of the first plate into the socket formed in the second plate; receiving a fastener to secure the first and second plates together at the socket; and coupling the first and second plates together at the socket with the fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03704
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15364505', '14295808', '11536441', '13596530', '12701062']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8154020086937905
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.597820180099269
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7936438258343383
- Mean Citation Score: 519.452798
- Max Citation Score: 546.18744
- Similarity Product: 528.1931444201375

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

Dataset: test