PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16134425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["385", "084000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic connector comprises a ferrule configured to receive an optical fiber, a ferrule holder configured to be secured to the ferrule, a housing body for receiving and retaining the ferrule holder, and a housing cap that includes an opening for accommodating the ferrule, at least one sidewall, and a latch arm extending from the at least one sidewall. The housing cap can be secured to the housing body in one of several possible orientations relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing body to allow the fiber optic connector to be tuned. Cable assemblies and methods including the fiber optic connector are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of tuning a fiber optic connector during the manufacture of a fiber optic cable assembly, comprising:\n securing a ferrule of the fiber optic connector to an optical fiber of a fiber optic cable, wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule front end, a ferrule back end, and an axial bore in which the optical fiber is received; forming a sub-assembly that includes a housing body in which the ferrule back end is retained, wherein the ferrule front end extends beyond a front end of the housing body in the sub-assembly; determining a position of a core of the optical fiber relative to a center of the ferrule; and securing a housing cap to the housing body in one of several possible orientations of the housing cap relative to a longitudinal axis of the housing body; wherein:\n securing the housing cap includes selecting the one of the several possible orientations based on the position of the core of the optical fiber; and \n the housing cap includes a latch arm that extends over a different side of the housing body in each of the several possible orientations.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03571
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15337311', '15196818', '15455414', '15435449', '13488771']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.849847967759858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5105987434610124
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8159230453299735
- Mean Citation Score: 304.29505200000006
- Max Citation Score: 320.5852700000001
- Similarity Product: 276.43170967706925

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