PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16048687
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
Unlike most MEMS device configurations which simply switch between two positions in many optical devices the state of a MEMS mirror is important in all transition positions. It may determine the characteristics of an optical delay line system and by that an optical coherence tomography system in one application and in another the number of wavelength channels and the dynamic wavelength switching capabilities in the other. The role of the MEMS is essential and it is responsible for altering the paths of the different wavelengths in either device. It would be beneficial to improve the performance of such MEMS and thereby the performance of the optical components and optical systems they form part of. The inventors have established improvements to the design and implementation of such MEMS mirrors as well as optical waveguide technologies to in-plane optical processing as well as the mid infrared for optical spectroscopy.

Claim (Index 1):
A device comprising:\n a rotatable microelectromechanical system (R-MEMS) formed upon a substrate comprising a platform coupled to a MEMS actuator for rotating the platform relative to the substrate, the platform having at least a front surface and a back surface; a first planar waveguide disposed on the platform supporting optical signal propagation within a predetermined wavelength range, the planar waveguide having a first surface disposed proximate the front surface of the platform and a second surface disposed towards the back surface of the platform; and an optical circuit formed upon the substrate supporting optical signal propagation within the predetermined wavelength range, the optical circuit having a facet disposed adjacent to the front surface, wherein the front surface, first surface, and facet have a predetermined geometrical shape in a plane parallel to the substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 57.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72727
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15124259', '15124198', '15504149', '15992632', '15561191']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8295503400913203
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5846612844009897
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8050614345222873
- Mean Citation Score: 339.642078
- Max Citation Score: 506.95572
- Similarity Product: 440.9969372846818

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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