PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15991973
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["398", "116000"]

Abstract:
Through-the-Air Link Optical Component is a low Size, Weight, and Power optical communications device that 1) acquires and maintains a broad band communications link between two platforms in line of sight with one another, 2) measures azimuth and elevation angle relative to each platform reference from one TALOC to the communicating TALOC and vice-versa, 3) measures distance between communicating TALOC units, and 4) sees through atmospheric disturbances such as clouds and fog. These remarkable functions open the door to several important derivative capabilities, such as determining absolute positions of all platforms in a community and formation of platform community into a phase array antenna

Claim (Index 11):
A bi-directional free space optical communications device comprising:\n an acquisition and tracking laser operating at a first emitter wavelength; a communications laser operating at a second emitter wavelength; a wavelength restricted retro-reflector comprising a single wavelength pass filter disposed at front of said retro-reflector which allows transmission of only the first emitter wavelength; a first two-axis scanning device configured to scan a horizon in a specified pattern using the first emitter wavelength for acquisition and tracking; a first detector array including an optical filter configured to cause said first detector array to be sensitive to only the first emitter wavelength; a second detector array including an optical filter configured to cause said second detector array to be sensitive to only the second emitter wavelength; a first optical aperture which collects light from the acquisition and tracking laser; a second optical aperture which collects light from the communications laser; and a processor configured to control said acquisition and tracking laser, said communications laser, and said first scanning device to acquire and maintain tracking at said first emitter wavelength and communications at said second emitter wavelength.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.4375
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12654911', '14773557', '12069646', '13286362', '11194741']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6498631172120198
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4836440976443314
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.633241215255251
- Mean Citation Score: 158.439374
- Max Citation Score: 164.0873
- Similarity Product: 130.75419176012275

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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