PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16177831
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["385", "003000"]

Abstract:
Described herein are methods, systems, and apparatuses to utilize an electro-optic modulator including one or more heating elements. The modulator can utilize one or more heating elements to control an absorption or phase shift of the modulated optical signal. At least the active region of the modulator and the one or more heating elements of the modulator are included in a thermal isolation region comprising a low thermal conductivity to thermally isolate the active region and the one or more heating elements from a substrate of the PIC.

Claim (Index 5):
The modulating system of  claim 4 , further comprising:\n a second waveguide configured to guide second light; a second active region through which at least a portion of the second waveguide extends; a second heater configured to apply second heat to the second active region of the second waveguide, the second heat causing a variation in a refractive index of the second active region and a corresponding variation in an optical path length traversed by the second light in the second waveguide; and a second plurality of electrodes positioned proximate the second active region, the second plurality of electrodes configured to generate a time-varying second electric field in the second active region, the second electric field causing a further variation in the refractive index of the second active region and a corresponding further variation in the optical path length traversed by the second light in the second waveguide; wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:\n control the second heater to raise a temperature of the second active region to the specified elevated temperature above the ambient temperature; and \n provide a second time-varying voltage to the second plurality of electrodes to generate the time-varying second electric field.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9375
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15363046', '14612316', '10317935', '12310922', '10267331']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8051473428730977
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.497738127537051
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7744064213394931
- Mean Citation Score: 193.74244
- Max Citation Score: 267.5907
- Similarity Product: 207.6122377651692

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

Dataset: test