PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940484
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "250000"]

Abstract:
A vertebral fixation plate assembly for securing adjacent vertebral bodies is provided that is configured to distract or extend along its length, as well as provide multiple degrees of freedom between the fixation points and the vertebral fixation plate in order to accommodate different installation locations, as well as different surgical approaches. Methods of using the vertebral fixation plate assembly are also provided.

Claim (Index 5):
The vertebral fixation plate assembly of  claim 3 , further comprising a set screw, wherein the set screw is disposed within the outward aperture and inward aperture of the second plate and through the elongated aperture of the first plate, wherein the set screw comprises an angled portion configured to contact the face between the first and second opening, whereby the length of the vertebral fixation plate is fixed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48889
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12710103', '12146291', '15214764', '14272557', '14936911']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7954031512010082
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4585644166298389
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7617192777438913
- Mean Citation Score: 214.2663
- Max Citation Score: 217.72908
- Similarity Product: 172.55471245877266

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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