PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16224187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
A fiber-optic connector ferrule body ( 10 ) that includes a depth that extends from a front end ( 12 ) to a rear end ( 14 ) of the ferrule. The ferrule includes a contact face ( 16 ) at the front end of the ferrule. The contact face includes a major dimension that extends along a major axis (X) defined by the contact face and a minor dimension that extends along a minor axis (Y) defined by the contact face. The major and minor axes are perpendicular to one another. The ferrule also defines alignment pin receivers ( 18 ) that extend rearwardly from the front end of the ferrule. The alignment pin receivers have tight-fit sections ( 26 ) that extend into the ferrule body from the contact face and flex sections ( 28 ) that extend from the first transverse cross-sectional shape to the rear end. The first and second transverse cross-sectional profiles define a degree of rotational flexibility between alignment pins ( 24 ) received in the alignment pin receivers ( 18 ) and the ferrule body ( 10 ).

Claim (Index 27):
A fiber optic connector ferrule comprising:\n a ferrule body including a depth along a longitudinal axis that extends from a front end to a rear end of the ferrule, the ferrule including a contact face at the front end of the ferrule, the contact face including a major dimension that extends along a major axis and a minor dimension that extends along a minor axis, the major and minor axes being perpendicular to one another and perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the ferrule also defining alignment pin receivers that extend rearwardly from the front end of the ferrule, the alignment pin receivers defining a tight-fit section defined by a first transverse cross-sectional profile having a first shape and a loose-fit flex section defined by a second transverse cross-sectional profile having a second shape, the second transverse cross-sectional profile comprising a different clearance than the first transverse cross-sectional profile, and the first and second shapes being different from each other; a plurality of optical fibers that extend through the ferrule body, the optical fibers having end faces accessible at the contact face of the ferrule; and a pair of alignment pins having first portions positioned within the tight-fit sections, second portions positioned within the loose-fit flex sections, and distal ends protruding outwardly away from the contact face, wherein the second portions and the loose-fit flex sections are relatively configured to provide pivotability of the alignment pins relative to the ferrule body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68493
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15737619', '15532204', '16190810', '15274447', '15051295']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8392753138674492
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6364148271556757
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8189892651962719
- Mean Citation Score: 397.063758
- Max Citation Score: 565.4612
- Similarity Product: 556.7464620697498

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