PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953981
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "041000"]

Abstract:
A surgical instrument includes a reusable component and a limited-use component. The reusable component includes a first electrical contact. The limited-use component is releasably engagable with the reusable component. The limited-use component includes a second electrical contact configured to electrically couple to the first electrical contact to establish electrical communication between the reusable component and the limited-use component. The second electrical contact is movable from a first position, wherein the second electrical contact is positioned to electrically couple to the first electrical contact upon engagement of the limited-use component and the reusable component to one another, to a second position, wherein the second electrical contact is positioned to inhibit electrical coupling to the first electrical contact upon engagement of the limited-use component and the reusable component to one another.

Claim (Index 34):
An electrosurgical instrument, comprising:\n a first electrical contact pin extending from a housing; and a second electrical contact pin disposed within an energy delivery device and configured to electrically couple to the first electrical contact pin upon releasable coupling of the energy delivery device to the housing to establish electrical communication between the housing and the energy delivery device for delivering energy to tissue, the second electrical contact pin configured to:\n permit insertion of the first electrical contact pin into the energy delivery device when the second electrical contact pin is disposed in a first position such that coupling of the energy delivery device to the housing is permitted; and \n prevent insertion of the first electrical contact pin into the energy delivery device when the second electrical contact pin is disposed in a second position such that coupling of the energy delivery device to the housing is prevented.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.425
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13460414', '13460440', '15636053', '15181042', '13460398']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7466172842946207
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5211603782636447
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7240715936915231
- Mean Citation Score: 326.888914
- Max Citation Score: 402.18295
- Similarity Product: 283.06219448933604

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

Dataset: test