PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928732
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["385", "049000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for converting fiber mode to waveguide mode. The apparatus includes a silicon substrate member and a dielectric member having an elongated body. Part of the elongated body from a back end overlies the silicon substrate member and remaining part of the elongated body up to a front end is separated from the silicon substrate member by a second dielectric material at an under region. The apparatus also includes a waveguide including a segment from the back end to a tail end formed on the dielectric member at least partially overlying the remaining part of the elongated body. The segment is buried in a cladding overlying entirely the dielectric member. The cladding has a refractive index that is less than the waveguide but includes an index-graded section with decreasing index that is formed at least over the segment from the tail end toward the back end.

Claim (Index 1):
A communication system comprising:\n a fiber-to-waveguide mode converter (\u201cConverter\u201d) comprising: a silicon substrate member; a first dielectric material having an elongated body laid in a lengthwise direction from a back end to a front end with a portion proximate to the back end being supported by the silicon substrate member and a remaining portion proximate to the front end being suspended from the silicon substrate member or supported by a second dielectric material thereof; a first waveguide segment formed from the back end along the lengthwise direction to a tail end on the first dielectric member, the tail end being a distance short to reach the front end of the first dielectric material; and a first cladding material overlying both the first waveguide segment and the first dielectric material, the first cladding material having a refractive index smaller than the first waveguide segment and includes an index-graded structure formed at least over the first waveguide segment with decreasing index from the tail end toward the back end, wherein the index-graded structure comprises a plurality of patterned slots having a depth partially into the first cladding material and having increasing widths and increasing slot-slot spacing from a location proximate to the tail end of the first waveguide segment toward the back end; and a communication network coupled to the Converter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.31818
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15786156', '15374977', '14602164', '11093275', '11216758']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8097071279643725
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5555953874224472
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.78429595391018
- Mean Citation Score: 332.679816
- Max Citation Score: 410.4305
- Similarity Product: 392.2321035503745

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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