PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919550
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
The glass-based ferrules include a glass substrate and two spaced-apart guide tubes, which can also be made of glass. The guide tubes include bores sized to receive guide pins from another ferrule. The ferrule can be used to form an optical interconnection device in the form of a waveguide connector that includes a planar lightwave circuit that supports multiple waveguides. The ferrule can also be used to form an optical interconnection device in the form of a fiber connector that includes a support substrate and an array of optical fibers supported thereby. The waveguide connector and fiber connector when mated form an integrated photonic device. Methods of forming the ferrule components, the ferrules and the optical interconnection devices are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 19):
A waveguide connector, comprising:\n the ferrule according to  claim 1  defining a waveguide connector ferrule; and a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) having a top surface, a front end, a back end, and a PLC central axis that runs through the center of the PLC between the front and back ends, the PLC supporting a plurality of waveguides that run substantially in the direction of the PLC central axis, with each waveguide having a top surface and an end face proximate the front end of the PLC, wherein the ferrule is secured to the top surface of the PLC so that the bore axes of the first and second guide tubes of the ferrule run substantially in the same direction as the PLC central axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08065
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15884622', '15797355', '14959956', '13871571', '15420549']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8241356351645336
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5055019654233507
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7922722681904153
- Mean Citation Score: 262.493478
- Max Citation Score: 281.13303
- Similarity Product: 202.5364388508725

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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