PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762281
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "055000"]

Abstract:
Fiber connecting devices ( 100 ) are described that include a mechanical element ( 160 ) that may be opened and closed a plurality of times using an actuation mechanism ( 150, 150 ′), where the mechanism ( 150, 150 ′) allows for securing of the glass portions ( 56, 56 ′) of two optical fibers ( 50, 50 ′) at the same or different times, and allows for connection of the optical fibers ( 50, 50 ′). Methods of connecting two optical fibers ( 50, 50 ′) using such a device ( 100 ) are also described.

Claim (Index 1):
An optical fiber connecting device for housing a mechanical element for aligning, gripping, and connecting first and second optical fibers, each optical fiber including a bare glass portion surrounded by a buffer layer, the device comprising:\n a housing configured to contain a mechanical element disposed therein, an integrated optical fiber sensor at least partially disposed in the mechanical element, wherein the mechanical element optically connects at least one of the first and second optical fibers to the integrated optical fiber sensor, and an actuation mechanism that opens and closes the mechanical element a plurality of times, and that allows for the first and second optical fibers to be positioned, secured and actuated in the mechanical element at the same or different times.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23529
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15762261', '15762247', '11888191', '15522183', '15785626']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7900206131555018
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5110659981602362
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7621251516559752
- Mean Citation Score: 245.64182800000003
- Max Citation Score: 307.73108
- Similarity Product: 279.59007060846807

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