PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769114
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["398", "007000"]

Abstract:
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, apparatus is provided for protecting an optical link arranged to carry upstream optical signals and downstream optical signals. The apparatus comprises a first detector arranged to selectively detect a downstream optical signal received at a second port having a first wavelength and a second detector arranged to selectively detect a downstream optical signal received at the second port having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. The apparatus further comprises control circuitry arranged to cause a protection switch to selectively couple a third port to the second port instead of to the first port based on the detecting by the first detector and the second detector. Also provided is a second apparatus for protecting the optical link. The second apparatus comprises a bypass element arranged to selectively direct at least a portion of an upstream optical signal at the first wavelength, received at a fourth port, such that a downstream optical signal at the first wavelength is transmitted from a fifth port.

Claim (Index 26):
Apparatus according to  claim 18 , further comprising:\n a third detector arranged to selectively detect a downstream optical signal, received at the first port, having the first wavelength; and a fourth detector arranged to selectively detect a downstream optical signal, received at the first port, having the second wavelength different from the first wavelength; wherein the control circuitry is further arranged to cause the protection switch to selectively couple the third port to the first port, instead of to the second port, based on the detecting by the third detector and the fourth detector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.8254
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15746610', '10427284', '13876954', '11144949', '14861033']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6620335475377275
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5210792154517434
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6479381143291291
- Mean Citation Score: 208.981932
- Max Citation Score: 285.03165
- Similarity Product: 225.81412671643497

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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