PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16034040
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["375", "257000"]

Abstract:
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a first coupler that guides a first electromagnetic wave to a first junction to form a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium via one or more guided-wave modes. These mode(s) have an envelope that varies as a function of angular deviation and/or longitudinal displacement. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claim (Index 1):
A transmission device comprising:\n a first coupler oriented at an azimuthal angle to a transmission medium, wherein the first coupler is configured to form a first electromagnetic wave that is guided along an outer surface of the transmission medium via at least one guided-wave mode, wherein the first electromagnetic wave has an envelope that varies as a function of angular deviation from the azimuthal angle, wherein the function of angular deviation has a minimum at an angular deviation from the azimuthal angle, and wherein a second electromagnetic wave propagates along the outer surface of the transmission medium in a direction opposite to the first electromagnetic wave; and a second coupler that receives the second electromagnetic wave from the transmission medium for transmission to a receiver, wherein the second coupler is oriented at the angular deviation from the azimuthal angle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.37931
- Patent Class: 375.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15369997', '14519799', '15876488', '15453333', '14519598']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4895030489830717
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5130086423041084
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4918536083151754
- Mean Citation Score: 280.09787
- Max Citation Score: 324.29343
- Similarity Product: 318.9390910216409

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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