PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160014
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["385", "100000"]

Abstract:
An optical fiber distribution system is provided. The system includes a distribution cable having a plurality of cable optical fibers. The system includes a plurality of optical fiber tethers each including a tether optical fiber optically coupled to a cable optical fiber. The tethers provide access to and distribute the optical network at positions along the length of the optical fiber. The system is configured to provide access area organization and/or low profiles, such as through staggered tether lengths, tether webbing and/or access area sleeve arrangements.

Claim (Index 16):
An optical fiber cable system comprising:\n a multi-fiber cable comprising:\n at least twelve cable optical fibers; and \n a cable jacket surrounding the at least twelve cable optical fibers and extending between first and second ends of the multi-fiber cable; \n an opening through a side of the cable jacket allowing access to the cable optical fibers at a position along the length of the cable jacket at least 1 m from both first and second ends of the cable; \n a first tether comprising:\n a first tether optical fiber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; \n a first tether jacket surrounding the first tether optical fiber; \n a first optical connector optically coupled to the second end of the first tether optical fiber; and \n a first optical connection between the first tether optical fiber and one of the cable optical fibers; \n a second tether comprising:\n a second tether optical fiber having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; \n a second tether jacket surrounding the second tether optical fiber; \n a second optical connector optically coupled to the second end of the second tether optical fiber; and \n a second optical connection between the second tether optical fiber and one of the cable optical fibers; and \n a sleeve surrounding the cable jacket, the first tether jacket and the second tether jacket at a position between the first and second optical connections and the second end of the multi-fiber cable, wherein the sleeve applies a radially inwardly directed force onto the first tether jacket and onto the second tether jacket holding the first and second tether jackets to an outer surface of the cable jacket.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9375
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14190764', '13788807', '10980704', '11003102', '10999691']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8316305137428338
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4934276110938103
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7978102234779315
- Mean Citation Score: 231.786886
- Max Citation Score: 253.06027000000003
- Similarity Product: 197.9132388628316

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

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