PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["398", "007000"]

Abstract:
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, apparatus is provided for protecting an optical link arranged to carry upstream optical signals and downstream optical signals. The apparatus comprises a first detector arranged to selectively detect a downstream optical signal received at a second port having a first wavelength and a second detector arranged to selectively detect a downstream optical signal received at the second port having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The apparatus further comprises control circuitry arranged to cause a protection switch to selectively couple a third port to the second port instead of to the first port based on the detecting by the first detector and the second detector. Also provided is a second apparatus for protecting the optical link. The second apparatus comprises a bypass element arranged to selectively direct at least a portion of an upstream optical signal at the first wavelength, received at a fourth port, such that a downstream optical signal at the first wavelength is transmitted from a fifth port.

Claim (Index 34):
A radio access network comprising an optical network according to  claim 32 .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8254
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15746610', '10427284', '13876954', '11144949', '14861033']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.66085365284628
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5284207151684022
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6476103590784922
- Mean Citation Score: 208.981932
- Max Citation Score: 285.03165
- Similarity Product: 194.7352037658424

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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