PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15978448
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["398", "136000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to an optical device including at least one temperature-dependent tunable element for controlling a wavelength of an optical signal, a first sensor configured to indirectly monitor the optical signal, a second sensor configured to directly monitor the optical signal, and a control circuit. The tunable element may be one of (i) a laser for transmitting an outgoing optical signal and (ii) an optical filter coupled to a photodetector for receiving an incoming optical signal. The control circuit may be configured to receive first and second inputs from the first and second sensors, respectively, adjust the tuned wavelength of the tunable element from a first preselected wavelength to a second preselected wavelength based on the first input received from the first sensor, and maintain the tunable element at the second preselected frequency based on the second input received from the second sensor.

Claim (Index 19):
A method of tuning an optical device comprising a control circuit at least one temperature-dependent tunable element for controlling a wavelength of an optical signal transmitted or received by the optical device, wherein the tunable element is one of (i) a laser for transmitting an outgoing optical signal and (ii) an optical filter coupled to a photodetector for receiving an incoming optical signal, wherein the method is executed by the control circuit and comprises:\n receiving an input from a first sensor configured to indirectly monitor an optical signal of the tunable element; tuning the optical filter from a first wavelength to a second tuned wavelength based on the input received from the first sensor; receiving an input from a second sensor configured to directly monitor the optical signal of the tunable element at the second tuned wavelength; and maintaining the tunable element at the second tuned wavelength based on the input received from the second sensor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52381
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15978295', '09929339', '10294076', '10719078', '13215299']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6780367235361278
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5011356526019902
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6603466164427141
- Mean Citation Score: 202.285292
- Max Citation Score: 228.18277
- Similarity Product: 180.64593511876944

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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