PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964314
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["604", "513000"]

Abstract:
Orthopedic fixation devices and methods of installing the same. The orthopedic fixation device may include a coupling element and a bone fastener, whereby the bone fastener can be loaded into the coupling element through the bottom of a bore in the coupling element.

Claim (Index 13):
An orthopedic fixation device comprising:\n a tulip element including a body having a bore therethrough and arms extending upwardly from the body to define a U-shaped channel; a bone fastener having a head and an extension that extends from the head, wherein the head is configured for loading into the tulip element; a locking clamp assembly positioned in the bore of the tulip element, wherein the locking clamp assembly comprises a wedge element and a clamp element to secure the bone fastener in the tulip element; and a locking cap assembly including a non-threaded locking cap and a threaded set screw, the non-threaded locking cap including a body having a lower tab that extends from a lower end of the body and an upper tab that extends from an upper end of the body, wherein the upper tab is positioned above the lower tab, and a protuberance extends from the upper tab to the lower tab, and wherein when the locking cap assembly is in a locked position, the set screw can be advanced through the non-threaded locking cap to engage a rod received within the tulip element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53333
- Patent Class: 604.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15963242', '14514796', '15645006', '15378157', '15193289']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8435504339866038
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5648877785699473
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8156841684449381
- Mean Citation Score: 440.92932200000007
- Max Citation Score: 459.3061
- Similarity Product: 453.0843441669464

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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