PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16214317
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["385", "059000"]

Abstract:
An adapter with novel alignment features engages alignment features on a plug, providing general alignment of the ferrule holders and ferrules in the plug. After the plug engages the adapter, the ferrule holders engage a second set of alignment features in the adapter to provide fine alignment for the ferrules.

Claim (Index 24):
An adapter for aligning fiber optic ferrules inserted from opposing sides comprising;\n a main body having an opening extending between a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side separated by a central portion inside the main body, the main body having at least one groove in the opening and extending in a direction from the first side to the second side; and a plurality of grooves disposed in a top surface and bottom surface of the central portion, each of the plurality of grooves extending into the central portion from each of the first side and the second side.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86207
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15855750', '14214931', '15503203', '15463639', '12540193']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8242534634516074
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5453400938472783
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7963621264911745
- Mean Citation Score: 292.309502
- Max Citation Score: 400.46957
- Similarity Product: 394.6264225445794

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

Dataset: test