PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15777620
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "080000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to methods for processing ferrules of fiber optic connectors such that the amount of polishing that is required is eliminated or at least reduced. In one example, an energy source is used to remove excess adhesive from the end face of the fiber and likely from an end face of the ferrule.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for processing an optical fiber and for securing the optical fiber to a ferrule, the ferrule including a ferrule body having a distal end and a proximal end, the ferrule body also defining a fiber opening that extends axially through the ferrule body from the proximal end to the distal end, the method comprising:\n (a) processing a distal end face of the optical fiber so as to form a pre-processed end face of the optical fiber; (b) applying adhesive within the fiber opening of the ferrule body; (c) inserting the optical fiber with the pre-processed end face through the adhesive filled opening of the ferrule body and positioning the optical fiber within the fiber opening such that the pre-processed end face of the optical fiber is located at a pre-determined axial position relative to the distal end of the ferrule body; (d) curing the adhesive to fix the optical fiber within the fiber opening such that the pre-processed end face of the optical fiber is fixed at the pre-determined axial position relative to the distal end of the ferrule body; and (e) removing excess adhesive from the pre-processed end face of the optical fiber using a non-contact energy source.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.36364
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15753864', '14831518', '13445096', '15803298', '15033659']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8292516839370638
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5034369386525381
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7966702094086113
- Mean Citation Score: 277.237968
- Max Citation Score: 296.5591
- Similarity Product: 245.02724175231447

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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