PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15911739
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "051000"]

Abstract:
An endoscopic bipolar forceps includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The jaws members are connected to a source of electrical energy such that the jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a tissue seal. At least one non-conductive and spaced-apart stop member is disposed on an inner-facing surface of the jaw members to regulate the gap distance between the jaw members when tissue is held therebetween. The forceps also includes a longitudinally reciprocating knife which severs the tissue after sealing at a location which is proximate the sealing site.

Claim (Index 26):
The bipolar electrosurgical instrument according to  claim 23 , wherein the first stop members define a first compressibility and wherein the second stop member defines a second compressibility that is different from the first compressibility.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 69.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.825
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12348748', '10471818', '11358180', '14719564', '10116944']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8916248408546359
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5140300048865616
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8538653572578285
- Mean Citation Score: 385.764862
- Max Citation Score: 403.49362
- Similarity Product: 256.21445253639945

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

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