PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015583
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["385", "075000"]

Abstract:
Fiber optic connectors, connector housings, connectorized cable assemblies, and methods for the connectorization of cable assemblies are provided with particular cable adapter features, adapter extensions, multi-diametrical sealing flexures, subcutaneous sealing elements, and combinations thereof, for improved connector and cable performance, integrity, and durability.

Claim (Index 1):
A connectorized fiber optic cable assembly comprising:\n a connector housing comprising a ferrule retaining portion, an adapter seating portion, and a longitudinal axis extending through the ferrule retaining portion of the connector housing and the adapter seating portion of the connector housing; a ferrule retained by the ferrule retaining portion of the connector housing, the ferrule comprising an optical fiber bore; a cable adapter comprising an optical cable passageway, an optical fiber passageway, an extension securement portion, a housing insert portion seated in the adapter seating portion of the connector housing, and an adapter abutment positioned between the extension securement portion and the housing insert portion, wherein the adapter abutment limits an extent to which the cable adapter extends into the adapter seating portion of the connector housing; an adapter extension secured to the extension securement portion of the cable adapter and comprising an extended cable passageway; a fiber optic cable extending along the extended cable passageway of the adapter extension and the optical cable passageway of the cable adapter, the fiber optic cable comprising an optical fiber extending along optical fiber passageway of the cable adapter to the optical fiber bore of the ferrule; and a multi-diametrical sealing flexure comprising a cable engaging portion engaging an outer cable surface of the fiber optic cable, a housing engaging portion engaging an outer housing surface of the connector housing, and an intermediate flexure portion extending from the cable engaging portion to the housing engaging portion and engaging an outer extension surface of the adapter extension.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 65.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58824
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16015588', '15501660', '15501644', '13106524', '12825026']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8618601425399809
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5749705835676912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8331711866427519
- Mean Citation Score: 301.044028
- Max Citation Score: 456.80405
- Similarity Product: 429.60654786873766

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

Dataset: test