PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16369482
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["087", "008000"]

Abstract:
A braided structure that includes a core and a sheath is provided. The core includes a yarn formed at least in part from an aromatic polymer (e.g., an aromatic polyester/liquid crystalline polymer or an aramid polymer), and the sheath, which includes a plurality of ultra high molecular weight polyolefin yarns, is braided around the core. The sheath has an overall diameter ranging from about 60 micrometers to about 650 micrometers. Despite its small diameter, the braided structure can be creep resistant and abrasion resistant while at the same time exhibiting low elongation, a high load at break, and high stiffness. The braided structure can be used in medical applications such as sutures, load bearing orthopedic applications, artificial tendons/ligaments, fixation devices, actuation cables, components for tissue repair, etc.

Claim (Index 17):
The braided structure of  claim 1 , wherein the yarn in the core has a linear mass density ranging from about 8 denier to about 1110 denier.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68966
- Patent Class: 87.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10740024', '10740023', '14602601', '15803134', '10132367']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7030018378113733
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5035122923201029
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6830528832622462
- Mean Citation Score: 239.539104
- Max Citation Score: 241.97989
- Similarity Product: 160.09954756606936

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

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