PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16249421
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["343", "718000"]

Abstract:
A hearing device adapted to be worn by a wearer comprises a shell configured for placement on an exterior surface of an ear of the wearer. The shell comprises a first end, a second end, a bottom, a top, and opposing sides, wherein the bottom, top, and opposing sides extend between the first and second ends. Circuitry is provided within the shell comprising at least a microphone, signal processing circuitry, radio circuitry, and a power source. A folded antenna is coupled to the radio circuitry and extends longitudinally along one of the bottom and the top and along the opposing sides between the first and second ends. The folded antenna encompasses at least some of the circuitry and forms an elongated gap between the opposing sides. The elongated gap faces the other of the bottom and the top.

Claim (Index 3):
The hearing device of  claim 1 , wherein the folded antenna is configured to launch creeping waves that can propagate along a surface of the wearer's head when the device is positioned on the wearer's ear.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36923
- Patent Class: 343.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15351643', '15952438', '15336532', '15718760', '15824066']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8277850301495843
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5605384263891959
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8010603697735454
- Mean Citation Score: 240.29664
- Max Citation Score: 449.65253
- Similarity Product: 349.443271567834

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

Dataset: test