PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16167024
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["385", "080000"]

Abstract:
A fiber optic ferrule includes a body extending from a first end to a second opposite end, with the body including an axial passage extending between the first and second ends. The axial passage includes a first diameter portion having a diameter of at least 125 microns, and a second diameter portion having a diameter of at least 250 microns and less than a diameter of the buffer, the second diameter portion positioned between the first diameter and the second end. The axial passage further defines a tapered shape at the second end extending inward from the second end to the second diameter portion. A hub holds the ferrule. A method of assembling a terminated fiber optic cable is also provided.

Claim (Index 28):
A fiber optic ferrule and cable comprising:\n an optical fiber cable including an inner fiber, an outer coating, and a buffer layer, the outer coating positioned around the inner fiber and the buffer layer positioned around the outer coating; a ferrule body extending from a front end to an opposite rear end, the ferrule body having an outer cylindrical shape, the ferrule body including a first axial passage extending between the front and rear ends, the first axial passage including a first diameter portion generally cylindrical in shape and having a diameter of at least 125 microns and less than 250 microns, the first axial passage including a second diameter portion generally cylindrical in shape and having a diameter of at least 250 microns and less than 300 microns, the second diameter portion being positioned between the first diameter portion and the rear end, at least a portion of the inner fiber extending beyond an end of the coating being received in the first diameter portion of the first axial passage, at least a portion of the outer coating extending beyond an end of the buffer layer being received in the second diameter portion of the first axial passage; and a hub mounted around the back end of the ferrule body, the hub including a second axial passage, the end of the buffer layer being positioned in the second axial passage such that the end of the buffer layer is spaced rearwardly from the rear end of the ferrule body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.43396
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13114721', '11497175', '11972373', '13648580', '15332854']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8327584283611147
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5238411089552614
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8018666964205294
- Mean Citation Score: 324.434462
- Max Citation Score: 331.7273
- Similarity Product: 303.3606607197047

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

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