PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023858
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "054000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for coupling fiber bundles. A plurality of fibers are secured within a channel of a fastener system to place the plurality of fibers in a packing configuration within the channel. The fastener system and the plurality of fibers secured by the fastener system are cut through to create a first fiber bundle and a second fiber bundle. The first fiber bundle is coupled with the second fiber bundle.

Claim (Index 18):
A method comprising:\n positioning a first part and a second part around an end portion of a fiber bundle; coupling the first part and the second part to form a fastener system having an channel with a hexagonal cross-section, wherein coupling the first part and the second part places a plurality of fibers in the fiber bundle into a hexagonal packing configuration within the channel; and securing the fastener system to the end portion of the fiber bundle using a binding material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11111
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11936839', '11952454', '10933846', '11490870', '13624427']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8069767411286533
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4779876491796888
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7740778319337568
- Mean Citation Score: 188.290324
- Max Citation Score: 203.6312
- Similarity Product: 156.4285249682426

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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