PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102919
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["385", "033000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a bend limiting structure for preventing a flexible optical circuit from being bent too sharply. More particularly, the invention involves adding a bend limiting layer or layers to the flexible optical circuit and/or any housing or other structure within which it is enclosed or to which it is attached. The bend-limiting layer may comprise a plurality of blocks arranged in a line or plane and joined by a flexible film that is thinner than the blocks, with the blocks positioned close enough to each other so that, if that plane of blocks is bent a predetermined amount, the edges of the blocks will interfere with each other and prevent the plane from being bent any further. The blocks may be resilient also to provide a less abrupt bend-limiting stop.

Claim (Index 8):
The device of  claim 7 , wherein the film is resiliently stretchable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85526
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13230117', '14987021', '15236054', '16027946', '13230094']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8680126624934076
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5354360360484569
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8347549998489125
- Mean Citation Score: 276.35806
- Max Citation Score: 372.8133
- Similarity Product: 338.26248283073903

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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