PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034916
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["227", "175100"]

Abstract:
A shipping member for selective attachment to a replaceable loading unit is provided. The shipping member includes an annular extension configured for selective engagement with a loading unit and configured to prevent movement of a knife assembly of the loading unit. The shipping member further includes first and second legs configured to prevent movement of a staple pusher assembly. The shipping member also includes a staple retaining surface configured to retain staples within a staple cartridge of the loading unit.

Claim (Index 16):
A loading unit for use with a circular stapler, the loading unit comprising:\n a housing including outer and inner cylindrical portions; a knife carrier operably disposed within the housing; the shipping cap of  claim 1  selectively secured relative to the housing, wherein the annular extension is received between the outer and inner cylindrical portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 45.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 227.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14149355', '14321336', '15319976', '14308731', '13739246']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8307841691535195
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5079062450143912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7984963767396067
- Mean Citation Score: 359.401468
- Max Citation Score: 433.7231
- Similarity Product: 355.39612601085304

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