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 20):
A photonic-integrated-circuit (PIC) assembly configured to couple to a ferrule assembly, comprising:\n a PIC having an upper surface, a front end, and an array of optical waveguides, with each optical waveguide having an end face that resides substantially at the PIC front end; and first and second alignment members having respective first and second front ends and first and second long axes, the first and second alignment members being attached to the upper surface and spaced apart along the first and second long axes, the first and second alignment members having respective first and second alignment features that respectively operably engage with first and second complementary alignment features of the ferrule assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21538
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15919550', '15251287', '15251342', '15420549', '15884622']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.798029163081019
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5245860968501765
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7706848564579348
- Mean Citation Score: 278.047384
- Max Citation Score: 332.22797
- Similarity Product: 265.83709379863257

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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