PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15777975
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
Optical component and methods for forming optical components are described. The optical component includes a substrate having a base and a fin extending from the base, a buffer layer formed on the substrate leaving a portion of the fin exposed, and a confinement layer deposited over the buffer layer and the fin. The refractive index of the substrate is greater than the refractive index of the confinement layer, and the refractive index of the confinement layer is greater than the refractive index of the buffer layer.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for fabricating an optical component, comprising:\n forming, on a substrate having a base and a fin extending from the base, a buffer layer leaving a portion of the fin exposed, the substrate having a first refractive index and the buffer material having a second refractive index; and depositing a confinement layer over the buffer layer and the fin to form an optical waveguide, the confinement layer having a third refractive index; wherein the first refractive index is greater than the third refractive index, and the third refractive index is greater than the second refractive index.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42105
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15217248', '14427748', '15718045', '13951240', '15689296']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8051812728866106
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4763654647412609
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7722996920720756
- Mean Citation Score: 196.289542
- Max Citation Score: 201.19662
- Similarity Product: 155.8070214513373

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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