PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875762
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
This disclosure describes circuit boards configured for optical data transmission using fibers of the reinforcing material of the circuit board substrate as optical fibers. The disclosure is directed to circuit boards that include a plurality of fibers and a dielectric matrix material. Each fiber of the plurality of fibers includes a core material substantially transparent to a wavelength range of interest and a cladding material. The refractive index of the cladding material is less than a refractive index of the core material. The plurality of fibers are interwoven in a weave. The weave is at least partially encapsulated by the dielectric matrix material. The weave provides structural support for the circuit board and a plurality of optical paths for optical signals.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of forming a circuit board, the method comprising:\n weaving a plurality of fibers to define a woven fabric comprising weft fibers and warp fibers, wherein each fiber of the plurality of fibers comprises a core material substantially transparent to a wavelength range of interest and a cladding material, wherein the refractive index of the cladding material is less than a refractive index of the core material; at least partially encapsulating the woven fabric in a dielectric matrix material, and wherein the woven fabric provides structural support for the circuit board and a plurality of optical paths for optical signals; and positioning at least one of the weft fibers or the warp fibers relative to an optical transmitter and an optical receiver to enable the at least one of the weft fibers or the warp fibers to transmit optical signals from the optical transmitter to the optical receiver.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16949
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11068157', '11068590', '12515613', '10226503', '10742087']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8083978660165229
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4764937926759502
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7752074586824657
- Mean Citation Score: 176.77006799999995
- Max Citation Score: 187.28159
- Similarity Product: 138.34074166298151

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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