PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962174
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["623", "017160"]

Abstract:
A method of implanting an intervertebral spacer may include positioning the intervertebral spacer within an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebral bodies. The intervertebral spacer may include a plurality of bores, and each of the plurality of bores may be configured to receive either a linear fastening element or a curvilinear fastening element. The method also may include selecting a first fastening element from a group including linear fastening elements and curvilinear fastening elements, and inserting the first fastening element into a first bore of the plurality of bores such that the first fastening element is inserted into one of the adjacent vertebral bodies to secure the intervertebral spacer within the intervertebral space.

Claim (Index 14):
The vertebral anchor of  claim 11 , wherein lateral sides of the elongate shank include one or more cutouts.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26923
- Patent Class: 623.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14476439', '15278481', '12797323', '11948427', '14048026']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7577392189724272
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5171402764749032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7336793247226748
- Mean Citation Score: 233.30629600000003
- Max Citation Score: 349.73755
- Similarity Product: 287.496803874442

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

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