PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226134
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["385", "098000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic connector assembly includes a connector and a carrier. The connector has first and second ends and a terminated fiber. The fiber defines a first end adjacent the first end of the connector and a second end protruding out of the second end of the connector. A carrier having a connector end and an opposite cable end is engaged with the connector. An alignment structure on the carrier includes a first end, a second end, and a throughhole and also a cutaway extending perpendicularly to and communicating with the throughhole. The fiber is positioned within at least a portion of the throughhole with the second end located within the cutaway. A window is within the cutaway over the second end of the fiber for visually inspecting the alignment of the second end of the fiber with an end of another fiber.

Claim (Index 1):
A fiber optic connector assembly comprising:\n a fiber optic connector having a first mating end and a second end; a first optical fiber terminated to the fiber optic connector, the first optical fiber defining a first end adjacent the mating end for optical connection to a second fiber optic connector, the first optical fiber defining a second end protruding out of the second end of the fiber optic connector; a carrier having a connector end engaged with the fiber optic connector and an oppositely disposed cable end; an alignment structure disposed on the carrier, the alignment structure including a first end and a second end and a throughhole extending from the first end to the second end, the alignment structure including a cutaway portion extending generally perpendicularly to and communicating with the throughhole, the first optical fiber terminated to the fiber optic connector being positioned within at least a portion of the throughhole with the second end of the first optical fiber located within the cutaway portion of the alignment structure; a window disposed within the cutaway portion of the alignment structure over the second end of the first optic fiber, the window configured for visually inspecting an alignment of the second end of the first optical fiber with an end of a second optical fiber entering the cable end of the carrier; and a heat activated element that is configured to melt when exposed to a predetermined amount of heat and resolidify when the heat is removed for bonding the second optical fiber to the alignment structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81481
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12500188', '13872695', '14860109', '12789139', '14062540']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8275753994138376
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5423227948919452
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7990501389616483
- Mean Citation Score: 372.456644
- Max Citation Score: 383.08118
- Similarity Product: 379.43333602900873

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

Dataset: test