PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16157717
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["385", "081000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a field installable optical fiber connector for fibers optic cables with rigid strength members. In particular, the exemplary optical fiber connector includes a clamping member disposed within the connector that engages with and secures the rigid strength members of the optical fiber drop cable.

Claim (Index 18):
A method for field terminating an optical fiber drop cable having first and second rigid strength members and utilizing an optical fiber connector that comprises: a housing configured to mate with a receptacle; a collar body disposed in the housing, wherein the collar body includes a ferrule mounted in a first end of the collar body and a mechanical element disposed in a portion of the collar body; a backbone configured to retain the collar body within the housing, the backbone including a fiber guide channel between a pair of arms; and a clamping member disposed within the fiber guide channel, the clamping member comprising a body portion defining an aperture configured to permit passage of a portion of the optical fiber drop cable, a first pair of integrally formed fingers proximate to a first side of the aperture, and a second pair of integrally formed fingers proximate to a second side of the aperture; the method comprising:\n inserting an end portion of the optical fiber drop cable between the pair of arms of the backbone; and inserting the end portion of the optical fiber drop cable through the aperture of the clamping member to cause the first rigid strength member to be compressively engaged by the first pair of integrally formed fingers, and to cause the second rigid strength member to be compressively engaged by the second strength member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.39474
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15522183', '11551760', '12990520', '14465433', '13532052']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8355644924319564
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5118878503648934
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8031968282252502
- Mean Citation Score: 292.2358200000001
- Max Citation Score: 327.15463
- Similarity Product: 293.2487271371472

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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