PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16107749
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["385", "001000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to optical switching devices and switch modules that are designed for long-term security monitoring of high-value infrastructure access entry points. Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure include optical switches based on fiber-Bragg gratings whose operating wavelengths are based on the presence or absence of magnetic coupling between an embedded permanent magnet and an external element. By monitoring the spectral position of the operating wavelengths and/or the magnitude of a light signal at the operating wavelengths, the state of the magnetic coupling can be determined and used as an indicator of whether the security switch has been actuated.

Claim (Index 13):
The method of  claim 12  wherein the switch is provided by operations that further include:\n (iii) attaching a second FBG portion that includes a second FBG characterized by a second operating wavelength to a third attachment point and a fourth attachment point, wherein the second FBG portion is mounted such that it has a second length defined by the separation between the third and fourth attachment points, and wherein the second operating wavelength is based on the second length; \n wherein the first magnet is mechanically coupled with the third attachment point such that the first motion induces a second change in the second length.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 33.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.47222
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15026521', '10786143', '14774370', '15632888', '11810656']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8049053030734631
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4762601645399458
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7720407892201113
- Mean Citation Score: 120.0131288
- Max Citation Score: 125.69716
- Similarity Product: 82.98625396978855

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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