PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16011938
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "137000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of a furcated optical fiber cable are provided. A main distribution cable has optical fibers surrounded by a cable jacket. The optical fibers are divided into at least two furcation legs. A furcation plug is located at a transition point between the main distribution cable and the at least two furcation legs. The furcation plug surrounds at least a portion of the main distribution cable and each of the at least two furcation legs. Optical connectors are provided for each of the at least two furcation legs, and each connector includes optical fibers that are spliced at a splice location to the optical fibers of the connector's respective furcation leg. The splice location is closer to the connector than to the furcation plug. A method of furcating an optical fiber cable and a pulling configuration for the furcated optical fiber cable are also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
An optical fiber cable, comprising:\n a main distribution cable including a plurality of optical fibers surrounded by a cable jacket; at least two furcation legs into which the plurality of optical fibers are divided, the at least two furcation legs transitioning from the main distribution cable and each of the at least two furcation legs extending from the distribution cable along a longitudinal axis; a furcation plug located at a transition point between the main distribution cable and the at least two furcation legs, the furcation plug surrounding at least a portion of the main distribution cable and each of the at least two furcation legs; and an optical connector for each of the at least two furcation legs, each connector including optical fibers that are spliced at a splice location to the optical fibers of the connector's respective furcation leg; wherein, for each of the at least two furcation legs, the splice location is closer to the connector than to the furcation plug as measured in a direction along the longitudinal axis of each furcation leg.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.62712
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13161976', '11003102', '13767318', '12557055', '13165974']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8475162228062437
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5181862652081249
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8145832270464318
- Mean Citation Score: 335.1312200000001
- Max Citation Score: 342.22815
- Similarity Product: 297.7389816931665

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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