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 8):
A method for modulating light, the method comprising:\n guiding light through an active region of a waveguide; applying heat to the active region of the waveguide with a heater, the heat causing a variation in a refractive index of the active region and a corresponding variation in an optical path length traversed by the light in the waveguide; producing a time-varying electric field in the active region with a plurality of electrodes positioned proximate the active region, the electric field causing a further variation in the refractive index of the active region and a corresponding further variation in the optical path length traversed by the light in the waveguide; controlling the heater, with control circuitry, to raise a temperature of the active region to a specified elevated temperature above an ambient temperature; and providing a time-varying voltage to the electrodes, with the control circuitry, to generate the time-varying 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): 0.8063051059735524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4886454239545901
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7745391377716562
- Mean Citation Score: 193.74244
- Max Citation Score: 267.5907
- Similarity Product: 237.63971613997228

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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