PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16013285
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["398", "048000"]

Abstract:
An optical node may include D (D≥2) input ports, D output ports, and D degrees. Each degree may include an inbound M×N (M≥D, N≥2D) WSS and an outbound M×N WSS. Each inbound M×N WSS may include an input connected to one of the D input ports; inputs connected to outputs of inbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; outputs connected to inputs of outbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; outputs connected to inputs of inbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; and a local drop port. Each outbound M×N WSS may include an output connected to one of the D input ports; outputs connected to inputs of outbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; inputs connected to outputs of inbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; inputs connected to outputs of outbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; and a local add port.

Claim (Index 11):
The optical node of  claim 8 , where N\u22652D+1, and where each degree, of the D degrees, further includes an expansion inbound WSS and an expansion outbound WSS,\n where each expansion inbound WSS is to:\n receive optical signals from an inbound M\u00d7N WSS associated with a respective degree, and from expansion inbound M\u00d7N WSSs of other degrees, \n provide optical signals to the expansion inbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for local drop at the other degrees, \n provide optical signals to outbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for their respective outputs to respective outbound M\u00d7N WSSs, and \n provide optical signals to local drop ports of the expansion inbound M\u00d7N WSS; and \n where each expansion outbound WSS is to:\n receive optical signals from the expansion inbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees and from the expansion outbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for its respective output to a respective outbound M\u00d7N WSS, \n receive optical signals from local add ports for its respective output to a respective outbound M\u00d7N WSS, and \n provide optical signals from local add ports to the expansion outbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for their respective outputs to respective outbound M\u00d7N WSSs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.075
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13794115', '12380811', '12380808', '14953106', '15881420']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7035629641460457
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5469532831641343
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6879019960478546
- Mean Citation Score: 313.20315
- Max Citation Score: 329.8617
- Similarity Product: 227.6670164688528

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

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