PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112222
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["606", "143000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments include a method of stapling including providing an end effector having a first jaw with an anvil, a second jaw with a cartridge retaining a plurality of staples, a first coupling that couples a first end of the first jaw to a first end of the second jaw, a second coupling including a rigid link that movably couples a second end of the first jaw to a second end of the second jaw, and a knife; inserting the end effector through a trocar; positioning the cartridge face; positioning the anvil face; operating the end effector to move the rigid link such that the first jaw is urged towards the second jaw; operating the end effector to urge the plurality of staples from the cartridge; and actuating the knife.

Claim (Index 14):
The method of  claim 13 , wherein the first direction is a distal direction and the second direction is a proximal direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.91667
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13971022', '14206713', '13967449', '13971006', '13967716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.94533374031394
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5495888800104567
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.9057592542835916
- Mean Citation Score: 386.848678
- Max Citation Score: 399.1128
- Similarity Product: 264.100294664526

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

Dataset: test