PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996614
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["372", "049010"]

Abstract:
Edge-emitting laser diodes having mirror facets include passivation coatings that are conditioned using an ex-situ process to condition the insulating material used to form the passivation layer. An external energy source (laser, flash lamp, e-beam) is utilized to irradiate the material at a given dosage and for a period of time sufficient to condition the complete thickness of passivation layer. This ex-situ laser treatment is applied to the layers covering both facets of the laser diode (which may comprise both the passivation layers and the coating layers) to stabilize the entire facet overlay. Importantly, the ex-situ process can be performed while the devices are still in bar form.

Claim (Index 14):
The edge-emitting laser diode as defined in  claim 11  wherein the reflective coating layer is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of: silicon, germanium, gallium arsenide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, aluminum nitride and tantalum oxide.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60811
- Patent Class: 372.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11277602', '12870946', '15937740', '12956558', '13821186']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8307961774996615
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4945031794554063
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7971668776952361
- Mean Citation Score: 181.957808
- Max Citation Score: 199.68565
- Similarity Product: 134.27403419823048

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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