PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16450911
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-06
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["250", "227110"]

Abstract:
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting photon detectors. In one aspect, a photon detector includes: (1) a first waveguide configured to guide photons from a photon source; (2) a second waveguide that is distinct and separate from the first waveguide and optically-coupled to the first waveguide; and (3) a superconducting component positioned adjacent to the second waveguide and configured to detect photons within the second waveguide.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for detecting photons, the method comprising:\n receiving one or more photons from a photon source; directing the one or more photons through a first waveguide; transferring at least one photon of the one or more photons from a first linear region of the first waveguide to a second linear region of a second waveguide that is distinct and separate from the first waveguide, wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are integrated on a single substrate; and detecting the at least one transferred photon within the second waveguide using a photon sensor having a linear detecting portion positioned adjacent to the second linear region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.7451
- Patent Class: 250.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14095516', '16135908', '13633647', '16028293', '15325508']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6990364634583374
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5015601657018919
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6792888336826929
- Mean Citation Score: 229.83920000000003
- Max Citation Score: 279.58575
- Similarity Product: 213.5413702719212

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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