PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883540
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["398", "034000"]

Abstract:
A monitoring and calibration apparatus for an optical networking device such as ROADM is provided. Reflectors are integrated into the device, for example at the ends of optical interconnect cables. The reflectors reflect light in specific monitoring wavelengths and pass other wavelengths such as those used for communication. A light source emits monitoring light which is reflected by the reflector and measured by a detector to measure the integrity of optical paths. The optical paths can include optical cables and cable connectors. Path integrity between different modules of the device can therefore be monitored. Multiple reflectors, reflecting light in different wavelengths, can be placed in series along the same optical path and used to monitor multiple segments of the path. A wavelength selective switch (WSS) of the device can be used to route monitoring light to different optical paths. The WSS also operates to route communication signals in the device.

Claim (Index 2):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the optical device comprises a first component and a second component connected by an optical interconnect, the optical interconnect comprising a portion of the optical path, and wherein the light source is co-located with the first component and the reflector is co-located with the second component.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95238
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14413738', '16306324', '14096675', '14503488', '14897528']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6682179191845524
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4928266193156418
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6506787891976613
- Mean Citation Score: 191.489934
- Max Citation Score: 207.38719
- Similarity Product: 166.87201518377185

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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