PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16143645
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["385", "072000"]

Abstract:
An integrated fiber-ferrule useable as an optical coupling element includes a core directly contacting a cladding layer that has a lower index of refraction than that of the core, without an intervening adhesive. The cladding layer outer diameter is at least 100 times greater than that of the core, and matches an outer diameter of a standard ferrule. The integrated fiber-ferrule may be produced by drawing a glass preform into a cane, cutting the cane into sections, and shaping end faces of the cut sections (e.g., using a laser). To form a fiber optic assembly, a front end of an optical fiber core may be fusion spliced to a rear end of the core of the integrated fiber-ferrule. Use of an integrated fiber-ferrule permits reduction of core to fiber eccentricity, and reduction of connector insertion losses.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 16 , further comprising:\n providing a ferrule holder surrounding a portion of the cladding layer proximate to a rear end face distal from the end face; laser fusion splicing an uncoated fiber core of an optical fiber to the core at the rear end face to form a fusion splice joint; and encasing the fusion splice joint and the uncoated fiber core with a covering material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89873
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13772059', '14684911', '15295475', '15753864', '15889810']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8201223215363876
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5250958213429251
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7906196715170414
- Mean Citation Score: 322.51925199999994
- Max Citation Score: 341.74158
- Similarity Product: 295.5850006268049

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

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