PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957251
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["381", "379000"]

Abstract:
Generic adjustable in-ear monitors (IEMs) may suffer from a limited range of resilient ear plugs that may not adequately fit each user, and the user may prefer different ear plugs for different purposes (e.g., the user's interest in secure fitment may be higher when exercising, while the user's interest in comfort may be higher when the user is relaxing). The presently disclosed technology is directed to IEMs that permit a user to adjust without removing and replacing an associated ear plug. Instead, the ear plug is adjustable by the user to achieve a desired fit and may be adjusted repeatedly for different desired fits and/or different users.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of using an adjustable in-ear plug comprising:\n grasping in a user's first hand a main housing of the adjustable in-ear plug, the main housing in fixed relation to a center post; grasping in the user's second hand a resilient membrane tip of the adjustable in-ear plug, the resilient membrane tip in fixed relation to an adjustment collar concentric with the center post, the resilient membrane tip covering a portion of an adjustment mechanism that includes the center post rotatably attached to the adjustment collar; and rotating the resilient membrane tip with reference to the main housing, which in turn rotates the adjustment collar with reference to the center post thereby pulling a center portion of the resilient membrane tip inward, thus changing an outside diameter of the resilient membrane tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76471
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14932377', '12811354', '12205547', '13453874', '12911101']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6899692388709888
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.479956725764691
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.668967987560359
- Mean Citation Score: 190.94075000000004
- Max Citation Score: 195.93959
- Similarity Product: 146.30081370599032

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

Dataset: test