PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940242
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
A behind-the-wall optical connector having an outer housing configured to be inserted into an adapter with a corresponding inner surface, and a latch attached to one side of housing configured to lock the connecter into an adapter opening. The latch is further configured with a locking channel and guide to accept a pull tab with a catch at one end, the pull tab releases the connector from the adapter opening when the tab is pulled rearward or away from the adapter. The ferrule assembly is inserted into a first end of the housing and when latched to the adapter, the assembly is retained in the housing without any locking structure therein.

Claim (Index 1):
A behind-the-wall optical connector comprising:\n a housing having a first end and a second end; a ferrule is inserted into an opening at a first end configured to mate with a ferrule alignment sleeve of an adapter; a second end having a latch projecting from the second end to the first end at a top surface of the housing, and wherein the latch extends a predetermined distance \u201cL\u201d beyond the first end for securing the ferrule in the housing reducing the overall length of connector exposed outside of adapter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15926263', '15847875', '15881309', '13468495', '12203522']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8422090007081189
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.554593173688969
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8134474180062039
- Mean Citation Score: 276.43798000000004
- Max Citation Score: 434.12665
- Similarity Product: 376.241288799262

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