PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16170188
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
Ferrule assemblies and coupling apparatus as used to form optical interface devices for photonics systems are disclosed. The ferrule assemblies include a ferrule made of a glass substrate and a pair of spaced apart alignment members, which can be made of a glass or a polymer. The ferrule assembly supports an array of optical fibers. The coupling apparatus is incorporated into a photonic integrated circuit assembly that has optical waveguides and that includes spaced apart alignment members, which can also be made of a glass or a polymer. The ferrule assembly and the coupling apparatus have complementary alignment features that align the optical waveguides and the optical fibers when forming the optical interface device. The alignment members have a geometry that allows them to be used to form both the ferrule assemblies and the coupling apparatus.

Claim (Index 1):
A ferrule assembly for optically coupling to a coupling apparatus of a photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC) assembly, comprising:\n a glass support substrate having opposite upper and lower surfaces, opposite sides, and opposite front and back ends; first and second alignment members having respective first and second long axes and that are attached to the upper surface and spaced apart along their long axes, the first and second alignment members having respective first and second alignment features that respectively operably engage with first and second complementary alignment features of the coupling apparatus; and an array of optical fibers disposed on the upper surface of the glass support substrate between the first and second support members, with the optical fibers having end faces that reside substantially at the front end of the support substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21538
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15919550', '15251287', '15251342', '15420549', '15884622']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7980286279609446
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5247095877988401
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7706967239447342
- Mean Citation Score: 278.047384
- Max Citation Score: 332.22797
- Similarity Product: 264.50271378239813

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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