PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15934746
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["606", "064000"]

Abstract:
An implant comprising a multi-directional locking mechanism that allows a bone fixation device, such as a screw, to be rigidly affixed to the implant in a plurality of angles relative to the implant. The implant can be a bone plate, a component of a joint prosthesis or the like. The locking mechanism comprises a passage hole in the implant for passage of a bone fixation device therethrough. One or more beam members are arranged adjacent the passage hole and a space is associated with each beam member. Each space allows the associated beam member to move into or about the space upon axial and/or radial deformation of the beam member caused by fastening the bone fixation device to a bone. The beam members and associated elements of the locking mechanism are sufficiently thin to permit axial and/or radial deformation. And said deformation causes the fixation device to be locked in place relative to the implant.

Claim (Index 14):
The bone fixation device of  claim 16 , wherein the beam member has an outer perimeter and comprises at least one interruption opening the space to the outer perimeter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15105449', '14301797', '12727641', '12710103', '10838933']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7876856476498395
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5467835563251431
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7635954385173699
- Mean Citation Score: 269.391406
- Max Citation Score: 456.2889
- Similarity Product: 382.6389397125721

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

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