PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16245982
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["385", "136000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic cable external shield connector grounds a fiber optic cable having both a corrugated conductive shield and a strength member without removal of the outer protective layer of the fiber optic cable. The connector has a grounding cover and a cooperative grounding base each with an electrically conductive grounding assembly having an array of prongs. Bosses of the cover and bosses of the base are fastened together to force the prongs of the conductive assembly to pierce the outer non-conductive sheath of the fiber optic cable. The prongs cooperatively pinch the strength member to ultimately connect the corrugated shield and strength member to an outside ground.

Claim (Index 8):
An external shield connector comprising:\n a grounding base having a first surface and a second surface, a pair of laterally opposed fastener-receiving bosses, a cradle extending inwardly from the second surface, a grounding opening situated between the first and second surface extending from the base; a grounding cover having a first surface and a second surface, a pair of laterally opposed fastener-receiving bosses, a cradle extending from the second surface, a grounding opening situated between the first and second surface extending from the cover; an electrically conductive grounding assembly mounted in each cradle of the cover and the base and extending through the grounding openings of the cover and the base, each conductive assembly comprising a plurality of prongs extending away from the first surfaces beyond the second surfaces of the cover and the base and an assembly ground connection portion conductively communicating with the prongs and extending through the grounding openings of the cover and the base; wherein the second surface of the cover faces the second surface of the base, the bosses of the cover align with the bosses of the base and a pair of screws passes through the bosses of the cover and threads to the bosses of the base thereby fastening the cover to the base.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11321
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15916764', '15054259', '12372937', '12569227', '13368728']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8037654313277601
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5350371261279948
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7768926008077837
- Mean Citation Score: 224.90439800000004
- Max Citation Score: 374.37076
- Similarity Product: 352.1466510357738

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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