PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138159
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "037000"]

Abstract:
A structure for coupling an optical signal between an integrated circuit photonic structure and an external optical fiber is disclosed as in a method of formation. The coupling structure is sloped relative to a horizontal surface of the photonic structure such that light entering or leaving the photonic structure is substantially normal to its upper surface.

Claim (Index 2):
The photonic coupler of  claim 1 , further comprising an upper cladding material over the photonic element and the sloped grating, the upper cladding material having an upper surface that is substantially parallel to the upper surface of the substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.45
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15664975', '13829893', '14976677', '13607801', '14163137']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8238966161015808
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5221560460907231
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.793722559100495
- Mean Citation Score: 287.6571600000001
- Max Citation Score: 349.47052
- Similarity Product: 347.51018163946867

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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