PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15912535
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["433", "017000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an orthodontic system and a method of using the same to perform orthodontics. In one example, an orthodontic system is presented. The orthodontic system includes a tube having at least one sidewall and two opening ends, and a luting agent. The luting agent is disposed on at least a portion of one or more of the at least one sidewall of the tube and a portion of a surface of a tooth onto which the tube is directly attached or adhered. The two opening ends of the tube remain substantially open so that a wire can move along the tube.

Claim (Index 1):
An orthodontic system, comprising:\n a first tube adapted to adhere to a first tooth situated on a labial side or a lingual side of a dental arch of a patient distal to a most posterior section of teeth involved in an orthodontic treatment; a second tube adapted to adhere to a second tooth situated on an opposite labial side or an opposite lingual side of the dental arch of the patient, respectively; and an orthodontic arch wire inserted through a plurality of tubes, wherein the plurality of tubes are distinct from the first tube and the second tube, each of which comprises at least one sidewall and two opening ends that form a tubular passage, the opening ends adapted to allow the orthodontic arch wire to move along a length of the tubular passage, wherein:\n each tube of the plurality of tubes threaded by the orthodontic arch wire is configured to adhere to a surface of a tooth with a luting agent, and \n the orthodontic arch wire includes a first terminal end and a second terminal end configured to register with the first tube and the second tube, respectively, with the plurality of tubes in-between.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 433.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14581021', '15101977', '10836074', '15069980', '14244985']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.686053209034106
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5557392291126496
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6730218110419605
- Mean Citation Score: 292.499834
- Max Citation Score: 440.0162
- Similarity Product: 420.22750185370455

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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