PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16013285
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["398", "048000"]

Abstract:
An optical node may include D (D≥2) input ports, D output ports, and D degrees. Each degree may include an inbound M×N (M≥D, N≥2D) WSS and an outbound M×N WSS. Each inbound M×N WSS may include an input connected to one of the D input ports; inputs connected to outputs of inbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; outputs connected to inputs of outbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; outputs connected to inputs of inbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; and a local drop port. Each outbound M×N WSS may include an output connected to one of the D input ports; outputs connected to inputs of outbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; inputs connected to outputs of inbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; inputs connected to outputs of outbound M×N WSSs of the other degrees; and a local add port.

Claim (Index 8):
An optical node, comprising:\n D (D\u22652), input ports, D output ports, and D degrees, where each degree includes an inbound M\u00d7N (M\u2265D, N\u22652D) wavelength selective switch (WSS) associated with a respective input port, and an outbound M\u00d7N WSS associated with a respective output port,\n where each inbound M\u00d7N WSS is to:\n receive optical signals from one input port and from inbound M\u00d7N WSSs of other degrees, \n provide optical signals to the inbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for local drop at the other degrees, \n provide optical signals to outbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees, for their respective output ports, and \n provide optical signals to local drop ports; and \n \n where each outbound M\u00d7N WSS is to:\n receive optical signals from the inbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees and from the outbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for its respective output port, \n receive optical signals from local add ports for its respective output port, and \n provide optical signals from local add ports to the outbound M\u00d7N WSSs of the other degrees for their respective output ports.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.075
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13794115', '12380811', '12380808', '14953106', '15881420']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6782534385632876
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.541365303116156
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6645646250185744
- Mean Citation Score: 313.20315
- Max Citation Score: 329.8617
- Similarity Product: 261.3321576420665

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

Dataset: test