PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996018
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["398", "098000"]

Abstract:
A space-division multiplexed optical fiber includes a relatively high refractive index optical core region surrounded by alternating regions of relatively low and relative high refractive index material, forming concentric high index rings around the core. The optical core region supports propagation of light along at least a first radial mode associated with the optical core region and a high index ring region supports propagation of light along at least a second radial mode associated with the high index ring region. The second radial mode is different from the first radial mode.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of communicating, comprising:\n generating a first optical signal; generating a second optical signal; providing a concentric spatial division multiplexed (SDM) fiber having a core formed of a first material having a first relatively high refractive index material and a first high index ring formed around the core of a second material having a second relatively high refractive index, the core and the first high index ring being separated by a ring of third material having a third refractive index lower than the first relatively high refractive index and lower than the second relatively high refractive index; transmitting the first optical signal into a first mode of the concentric SDM fiber propagating substantially along the core; transmitting the second optical signal into a second mode of the concentric SDM fiber propagating substantially along the first high index ring; detecting the first optical signal after propagating along the concentric SDM fiber substantially free of the second optical signal; and detecting the second optical signal after propagating along the concentric SDM fiber substantially free of the first optical signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06522
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14575821', '14001050', '13984959', '10474030', '12188153']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6640956514166043
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5351802707250614
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.65120411334745
- Mean Citation Score: 263.928134
- Max Citation Score: 279.55603
- Similarity Product: 179.27800531903267

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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