PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972166
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["606", "051000"]

Abstract:
A forceps is provided and includes a housing having a shaft. An end effector assembly operatively connects to a distal end of the shaft and includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable relative to the other jaw member from a clamping position to an open position. A resilient member operably couples to at least one of the first and second jaw members. The resilient member is configured to bias the first and second jaw members in the clamping position and provide a closure force on tissue disposed therebetween.

Claim (Index 32):
The endoscopic forceps of  claim 21 , wherein the resilient member includes a spring rate that is generally constant within its limits of elasticity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94545
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13357979', '14635124', '15194171', '14035423', '12792330']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8316225207733264
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5355164665651025
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.802011915352504
- Mean Citation Score: 468.4503
- Max Citation Score: 481.7541
- Similarity Product: 301.0318765291929

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

Dataset: test