PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16170188
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
Ferrule assemblies and coupling apparatus as used to form optical interface devices for photonics systems are disclosed. The ferrule assemblies include a ferrule made of a glass substrate and a pair of spaced apart alignment members, which can be made of a glass or a polymer. The ferrule assembly supports an array of optical fibers. The coupling apparatus is incorporated into a photonic integrated circuit assembly that has optical waveguides and that includes spaced apart alignment members, which can also be made of a glass or a polymer. The ferrule assembly and the coupling apparatus have complementary alignment features that align the optical waveguides and the optical fibers when forming the optical interface device. The alignment members have a geometry that allows them to be used to form both the ferrule assemblies and the coupling apparatus.

Claim (Index 9):
The ferrule assembly according to  claim 8 , wherein the securing member has a lower surface that includes fiber alignment features for aligning the optical fibers on the upper surface of the support substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21538
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15919550', '15251287', '15251342', '15420549', '15884622']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8165041048592276
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5296272660766472
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7878164209809697
- Mean Citation Score: 278.047384
- Max Citation Score: 332.22797
- Similarity Product: 236.11446954327224

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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