PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117336
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "081000"]

Abstract:
A ferrule-based fiber optic connectors having a ferrule retraction balancing characteristic for preserving optical performance are disclosed. The fiber optic connector comprises a connector assembly, a connector sleeve assembly and a balancing resilient member. The connector assembly comprises a ferrule and a resilient member for biasing the ferrule forward and the connector sleeve assembly comprises a housing and a ferrule sleeve, where the connector assembly is at least partially disposed in the passageway of the housing and the ferrule of the connector assembly is at least partially disposed in the ferrule sleeve. The balancing resilient member biases the housing to a forward position with the biasing resilient member having a predetermined resilient force that is greater than the friction force required for displacement of the ferrule within the ferrule sleeve.

Claim (Index 44):
A method of assembling a fiber optic connector assembly, comprising:\n providing a connector assembly comprising a ferrule and a resilient member for biasing the ferrule forward; providing a connector sleeve assembly comprising a housing with a passageway between a first end and a second end, a ferrule sleeve and one or more latch arms; inserting the connector assembly at least partially into the passageway of the connector sleeve assembly and the ferrule at least partially into the ferrule sleeve; and installing a balancing resilient member for biasing the connector sleeve assembly to a forward position with the latch of the connector assembly engaging the connector assembly, wherein the balancing resilient member has a predetermined resilient force that is greater than the friction force required for displacing the ferrule within the ferrule sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 101.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.56604
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15455540', '13833176', '15369933', '15537259', '12203535']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8679316452142626
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5734797470843529
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8384864554012716
- Mean Citation Score: 365.457614
- Max Citation Score: 483.9625
- Similarity Product: 425.15721229240296

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

Dataset: test