PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762137
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["398", "048000"]

Abstract:
A wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) reconfigurable optical switch. The switch has a set of arrays of optical beam connections, each comprising an array of optical outputs and having an optical input to receive a WDM input optical signal; a first diffractive element to demultiplexed the WDM input optical signal into a plurality of demultiplexed optical input beams, and to disperse said demultiplexed optical input beams spatially along a first axis; first relay optics between the set of arrays of optical beam connections and the first diffractive element; and a reconfigurable holographic array comprising a 2D array of reconfigurable sub-holograms defining sub-hologram rows and columns. The arrays of said set of arrays and the sub-hologram rows and columns are arranged and aligned in particular ways so that wavelength channels of the WDM input signal for each array can be steered within the device towards a selected optical output

Claim (Index 3):
A WDM reconfigurable optical switch as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the optical input of each said array of optical outputs is substantially coplanar with at least some of said optical outputs, and wherein said reconfigurable holographic array has an associated reflector to fold an optical path between the optical input and output of each said array.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13699
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15762179', '14421694', '14005257', '15174954', '12710913']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6954740194851247
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6246306128788126
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6883896788244934
- Mean Citation Score: 363.193578
- Max Citation Score: 564.09143
- Similarity Product: 484.33029183157504

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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