PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16013666
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
A fiber alignment or “fiberposer” device enables the passive alignment of one or more optical fibers to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) device using mating hard-stop features etched into the two devices. Accordingly, fiber grooves can be provide separate from the electrical and optical elements, and attached to the PIC with sub-micron accuracy. Fiberposers may also include a hermetic seal for a laser or other device on the PIC. All of these features significantly reduce the typical cost of an actively aligned optical device sealed in an hermetic package.

Claim (Index 40):
The method according to  claim 33 , wherein the optical fiber alignment device further comprises first bonding pads mounted in recesses in the base; and\n wherein the PIC further comprises second bonding pads for bonding with corresponding first bonding pads on the optical fiber alignment device via an adhesive material disposed therebetween; and wherein the method further comprises activating the adhesive, whereby the adhesive flows and the first alignment features of the fiber alignment device move into contact with the hard stop layer of the PIC, whereby excess adhesive is trapped in the recesses during activation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.41429
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14993460', '15087278', '15919550', '15783263', '15917877']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8220783123126764
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5401936673799191
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7938898478194006
- Mean Citation Score: 237.33943800000003
- Max Citation Score: 391.5728
- Similarity Product: 276.498838145256

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

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