PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16206085
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "072000"]

Abstract:
An optical fiber connection system includes a first and a second optical fiber, each with end portions that are terminated by a first and a second fiber optic connector, respectively. A fiber optic adapter connects the first and the second fiber optic connectors. A fiber alignment apparatus includes V-blocks and gel blocks. Each of the fiber optic connectors includes a connector housing and a sheath. The end portions of the optical fibers are positioned beyond distal ends of the respective connector housings. The sheath is slidably connected to the connector housing and slides between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The sheath covers the end portion of the respective optical fiber when the sheath is at the extended configuration and exposes the end portion when at the retracted configuration. The end portions of the optical fibers are cleaned when slid between the V-blocks and the gel blocks.

Claim (Index 4):
The optical fiber connection system of  claim 3 , wherein the coating is pre-stripped off of the end portion of the first optical fiber before the first optical fiber is attached to the housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54839
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13607283', '14666026', '13607086', '16053222', '14666065']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9205546928562678
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.7085673264358598
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8993559562142269
- Mean Citation Score: 693.304942
- Max Citation Score: 737.3803
- Similarity Product: 735.0058754633427

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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