PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872850
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "096000"]

Abstract:
Described is a bone plating system and related methods. The system comprises a bone plate and a drill block to be removably attached to the bone plate. The system further comprises a first locking element and a second locking element. The first locking element is configured to be removably attached to the drill block and the bone plate by extending through one drill block hole of the drill block and into one aligned bone screw receiving hole of the bone plate. The second locking element to configured to extend from the drill block and into an opening in the bone plate in order to constrain rotational movement of the bone plate and the drill block with respect to each other when the first locking element is attached to the drill block and the bone plate.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of fixating a fracture of a bone, comprising\n providing or obtaining a bone plate including a plurality of bone screw receiving holes; providing or obtaining a drill block to be removably attached to the bone plate and including a plurality of drill block holes and a first locking element extending from the drill block; applying the drill block to the bone plate such that the first locking element is inserted in an opening in the bone plate; attaching the bone plate to the drill block by inserting a second locking element through one of the drill block holes and into one of the bone screw receiving holes that is aligned with the one of the drill block holes in order to constrain rotational movement of the bone plate and the drill block with respect to each other when the second locking element is attached to the drill block and the bone plate; applying the bone plate to the bone adjacent the fracture; drilling at least one hole into the bone by inserting a drill through a selected one of the drill block holes and an aligned bone screw receiving hole of the bone plate; and securing the bone plate to the bone by inserting a bone screw through the selected one of the drill block holes and the aligned bone screw receiving hole, and into the hole drilled in the bone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12002519', '13079302', '12030371', '10923566', '10999665']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7737662433453258
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4709894078217895
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7434885597929722
- Mean Citation Score: 253.04035200000004
- Max Citation Score: 272.39825
- Similarity Product: 246.6047068118453

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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