PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940484
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["606", "250000"]

Abstract:
A vertebral fixation plate assembly for securing adjacent vertebral bodies is provided that is configured to distract or extend along its length, as well as provide multiple degrees of freedom between the fixation points and the vertebral fixation plate in order to accommodate different installation locations, as well as different surgical approaches. Methods of using the vertebral fixation plate assembly are also provided.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 19 , further comprising inserting a first lock screw into the first plate fixation end aperture, whereby the relative position between the first staple and the first plate is fixed; and inserting a second lock screw into the second plate fixation end aperture, whereby the relative position between the second staple and the second plate is fixed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.48889
- Patent Class: 606.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12710103', '12146291', '15214764', '14272557', '14936911']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7928944833412641
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4743104376192809
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7610360787690658
- Mean Citation Score: 214.2663
- Max Citation Score: 217.72908
- Similarity Product: 143.80165861083984

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