PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955147
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["381", "339000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for enhancing microphone performance of a voice-controlled smart home device is disclosed. The apparatus generally comprises a lower ring having a first diameter an upper ring having a second diameter and a reflective surface. The reflective surface is disposed along the perimeter of the apparatus so as to directionally alter incoming sound waves and focus them toward an array of microphones.

Claim (Index 8):
The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the reflecting surface is configured to be selectively positioned proximal to an array of microphones located on said voice-enabled electronic device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43478
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15751025', '15840844', '13743551', '15099252', '10524709']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.639007789682442
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4679973143036589
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6219067421445637
- Mean Citation Score: 105.2188948
- Max Citation Score: 116.160355
- Similarity Product: 85.60421207909762

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