PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15888878
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["606", "266000"]

Abstract:
A receiving part of a bone anchoring device is provided, where the receiving part includes a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, a central axis extending through the first end and the second end, and a substantially U-shaped-recess adjacent to the first end for receiving a spinal fixation element. The substantially U-shaped recess forms two free legs. The receiving part also includes a bore extending from the first end towards the second end and in communication with the substantially U-shaped recess. A groove is provided in an outer surface of each of the legs, where the groove has a first end and a second end and extends in a circumferential direction in an arcuate shape between the first end of the groove and the second end of the groove. In a plane that includes the central axis and that extends through a center of each leg, a contour of a surface of the groove has at least a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion opposing the first arcuate portion, where the contour is substantially free from straight portions.

Claim (Index 23):
A receiving part of a bone anchoring device, the receiving part having a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a central axis extending through the first end and the second end, and comprising:\n a substantially U-shaped-recess adjacent to the first end for receiving a spinal fixation element, wherein a first portion of the recess extends through a first side of the receiving part and a second portion of the recess extends through an opposite second side of the receiving part to form two free legs; a bore extending from the first end towards the second end and in communication with the recess; and a groove formed in and extending circumferentially around an outer surface of each of the legs, wherein each of the grooves extends continuously in an arcuate shape around an entire width of the leg from the first portion of the recess to the second portion of the recess; wherein in a plane that includes the central axis and that extends through the legs, a contour of a resulting cross-section of each of the grooves viewed in the plane is entirely curved from a first end of the groove that is directly connected to and recessed from a first portion of the outer surface of the leg extending towards the first end of the receiving part, to an opposite second end of the groove that is directly connected to and recessed from a second portion of the outer surface of the leg extending towards the second end of the receiving part, the contour forming at least half of a circle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15177665', '14490569', '15217747', '14596170', '15669541']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7614147165431496
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5278445207342296
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7380576969622576
- Mean Citation Score: 252.06342400000003
- Max Citation Score: 403.57297
- Similarity Product: 382.7328571519428

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