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 15):
The vertebral fixation plate assembly of  claim 10 , further comprising a lock screw configured to be received within the fixation end aperture to secure the position of the staple relative to the fixation end aperture by restricting one or more of the at least two degrees of rotational freedom.

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): 0.7956502297788335
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4570097030215612
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7617861771031063
- Mean Citation Score: 214.2663
- Max Citation Score: 217.72908
- Similarity Product: 175.40099978580952

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

Dataset: test