PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863223
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["623", "019120"]

Abstract:
The disclosure includes methods and systems for making orthopedic connections where there is unique adjustability to the connection. Illustratively, one embodiment provides a connecting assembly for connecting a plurality of orthopedic components. Such connecting assemblies can include a first orthopedic component that provides a female bore. Additionally, the assembly can include a second orthopedic component that can be or include a male-type connecting member that is positionable in the bore of the first orthopedic component. In one preferred form, the male-type connecting member will be a quasi-spherical member. The quasi-spherical member can include a textured outer surface, e.g., for contacting one or more walls or surfaces in the bore in a fashion that removably locks or helps to removably lock or fix the quasi-spherical member in the bore.

Claim (Index 3):
The implant assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the bore includes a tapered segment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10606
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14557763', '15862931', '13269772', '13345106', '10930044']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7928120540328102
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5495609053477805
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7684869391643072
- Mean Citation Score: 321.915906
- Max Citation Score: 501.88248
- Similarity Product: 311.1552938404941

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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