PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15770265
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes an optical fiber, a ferrule that holds the optical fiber, the ferrule having a flat ferrule end surface facing a counterpart optical connector, and a spacer provided on the ferrule end surface so as to define a clearance between the ferrule end surface and the counterpart optical connector. A tip surface of the optical fiber is exposed at the ferrule end surface. Respective normal directions to the tip surface of the optical fiber and the ferrule end surface are inclined with respect to an optical-axis direction of the optical fiber in a section along an optical axis of the optical fiber. The spacer includes an opening configured to allow an optical path extending from the tip surface of the optical fiber to pass therethrough.

Claim (Index 9):
An optical coupling structure comprising first and second optical connectors configured to be connected to each other, wherein\n the first and second optical connectors each comprise an optical fiber and a ferrule that holds the optical fiber, the ferrule having a flat ferrule end surface, the ferrule end surface of the first optical connector and the ferrule end surface of the second optical connector face each other, tip surfaces of the optical fibers are exposed at the respective ferrule end surfaces of the first and second optical connectors, and respective normal directions to the tip surfaces of the optical fibers and the ferrule end surfaces are inclined with respect to an optical-axis direction of the optical fibers in a section along optical axes of the optical fibers, the optical coupling structure further comprises a spacer configured to define a clearance between the ferrule end surface of the first optical connector and the ferrule end surface of the second optical connector, wherein the spacer has an opening configured to allow an optical path extending between the tip surface of the optical fiber of the first optical connector and the tip surface of the optical fiber of the second optical connector to pass therethrough.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.43103
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16075462', '14108646', '12019005', '13548927', '16070818']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8158616555661167
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4807644837495705
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.782351938384462
- Mean Citation Score: 223.185682
- Max Citation Score: 240.601
- Similarity Product: 205.61467766785623

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

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