PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942751
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["385", "089000"]

Abstract:
A system for connecting a fiber optic cable to a laminate has a clip which attaches to a cover on the circuit board. The clip supports ferrules which are connected to a photonic device on the board. The clip has a backplane which supports retainers which hold the ferrules. The clip also has mating attachments for connecting to the cover. The cover additionally serves as a heat dissipator, which can include heat from the photonic device. An adapter is connected to the cover and receives the ferrules supported by the clip. The adapter connects to a standard connector, such as an LC connector. The adapter can be positioned at the edge of the laminate, or can be attached at an angle extending from an interior region of a circuit board to which the laminate is mounted.

Claim (Index 16):
A device for connecting each of at least one fiber optic fixed ferrule that is physically and optically connected to a photonics device mounted upon a circuit board, to a corresponding cable ferrule of a standard fiber optic cable connector, the standard fiber optic cable connector has a mateable connector catch portion, the device comprising:\n a body including at least one each of: an alignment channel positioned at a circuit board facing end of the body, the alignment channel sized and dimensioned to correspond to exterior dimensions of the fixed ferrule to admit insertion of the fixed ferrule to thereby maintain the fixed ferrule in a predetermined alignment within the body; an interior chamber positioned at an end of the body opposite to the circuit board facing end of the body, the chamber sized and dimensioned to correspond to exterior dimensions of the cable connector to admit insertion of the cable connector to thereby maintain the cable connector in a predetermined alignment within the body, thereby aligning the cable ferrule of the cable connector with respect to the fixed ferrule; a connector catch portion configured to mate with the connector catch portion of the cable connector to releasably secure the cable connector to the body when the cable connector has been inserted into the interior chamber; and one or more tabs extending from the circuit board facing end of the body, the one or more tabs connectable to the circuit board to affix and orient the device with respect to the circuit board.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19403
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14982716', '15234057', '15491106', '15469639', '14985492']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8346525649536667
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5460161573889427
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8057889241971943
- Mean Citation Score: 350.1608740000001
- Max Citation Score: 396.25244
- Similarity Product: 344.5019518655896

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

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