Extract to table

Fong must be prepared to clearly articulate the distinction between the invention claimed in the '567 Patent and Tanaka's earlier work

OWS's construction defines "adiabatically coupled" in functional terms — the coupling must achieve mode transitions without significant power loss

Lumos's construction, by contrast, imposes a specific structural requirement — that the taper be "gradual" and "continuous" — and adds a specific functional criterion — that higher-order modes must be suppressed "throughout the entire transition region

The following issues must be addressed: 1

Differences between the paper and the patent: Even if the paper qualifies as prior art, the '890 Patent claims must be distinguished from the paper's disclosures