PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919550
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "014000"]

Abstract:
The glass-based ferrules include a glass substrate and two spaced-apart guide tubes, which can also be made of glass. The guide tubes include bores sized to receive guide pins from another ferrule. The ferrule can be used to form an optical interconnection device in the form of a waveguide connector that includes a planar lightwave circuit that supports multiple waveguides. The ferrule can also be used to form an optical interconnection device in the form of a fiber connector that includes a support substrate and an array of optical fibers supported thereby. The waveguide connector and fiber connector when mated form an integrated photonic device. Methods of forming the ferrule components, the ferrules and the optical interconnection devices are also disclosed.

Claim (Index 78):
A method of forming a fiber connector from a ferrule and a fiber support structure that supports first optical fibers, the method comprising:\n engaging the ferrule with an active alignment jig that includes first and second guide pins and second optical fibers, wherein the ferrule includes first and second guide tubes attached to a glass substrate and wherein the first and second guide pins removably engage the first and second guide tubes; using the active alignment jig, bringing the ferrule into contact with the fiber support structure so that the first optical fibers are at least coarsely aligned with and in optical communication with the second optical fibers; performing active alignment of the ferrule relative to the fiber support structure by directing light through at least one of the first optical fibers and into the corresponding at least one of the second optical fibers and measuring an amount of optical power outputted by the at least one second optical fiber while adjusting the relative position of the ferrule and the fiber support structure to define a target position of the ferrule relative to the support substrate; and securing the ferrule to the fiber support structure at the target position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08065
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15884622', '15797355', '14959956', '13871571', '15420549']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8241150777334523
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5056933288188563
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7922729028419927
- Mean Citation Score: 262.493478
- Max Citation Score: 281.13303
- Similarity Product: 201.7733996401905

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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