PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863447
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["174", "480000"]

Abstract:
A wire clamp is provided, having a body through which an aperture extends. An opening extending along a side of the body intersects with the aperture along its length. The wire clamp also includes a securing device configured to extend into the aperture.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of connecting a first wire and a second wire to each other using a wire clamp, the wire clamp comprising: a body having a first end and a second end, an aperture in the body extending between the first end and the second end, an elongate opening extending along a side of the body between the first end and the second end and intersecting with the aperture along its length, a groove along a base of the body between the first end and the second end, and a securing device configured to extend into the aperture, the method comprising the steps of:\n positioning the first wire in the aperture such that a length of the first wire extends between the first end and the second end; passing the second wire through the elongate opening into the aperture such that a length of the second wire extends between the first end and the second end; extending the securing device into the aperture to bear against at least one of the wires such that the first wire and second wire are clamped together between the securing device and an inner surface of the aperture; and bending one of the first wire and the second wire about one of the first end and the second end of the body into the groove along the base of the body, and securing the one of the first wire and the second wire to itself at the opposite one of the second end and the first end of the body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.34286
- Patent Class: 174.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14773259', '12717533', '15440765', '12056601', '15699891']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8218333993728324
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4875262191107982
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.788402681346629
- Mean Citation Score: 153.66642280000005
- Max Citation Score: 250.55934
- Similarity Product: 225.37406725225208

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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