PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976359
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["227", "180100"]

Abstract:
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the instrument includes an end effector comprising an elongate channel, a clamping member pivotably connected to the channel, and a moveable cutting instrument for traversing the channel to cut an object clamped in the end effector by the clamping member when the clamping member is in a clamped position. The instrument may also comprise a main drive shaft assembly for actuating the cutting instrument in the end effector, a gear drive train connected to the main drive shaft assembly, and a motor for actuating the gear drive train. The instrument may also includes a closure trigger and a firing trigger, separate from the closure trigger, for actuating the motor when the firing trigger is retracted. Also, the instrument may comprise a mechanical closure system connected to the closure trigger and to the clamping member for causing the clamping member to pivot to the clamped position when the closure trigger is retracted.

Claim (Index 25):
The surgical instrument of  claim 24 , further comprising said replaceable staple cartridge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.93333
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15692785', '15976332', '15094206', '15093028', '11344024']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9793425991316472
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4774808479703145
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9291564240155138
- Mean Citation Score: 363.458102
- Max Citation Score: 428.67972
- Similarity Product: 288.7905806954526

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

Dataset: test