PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102163
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2020-02
Patent Classification: ["null", "null"]

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure provide multi-layer microphone protection for any apparatus that captures sound. The apparatus includes an enclosure defining a first cavity. A microphone element is coupled to the first cavity. The microphone element comprises a microphone sensor and a microphone cavity. A first, outer protective layer is disposed at an outer end of the first cavity, closer to the external environment. A second, inner protective layer is disposed between an inner end of the first cavity and the microphone element. The second, inner protective layer may protect the microphone sensor from particles or liquids that may have passed through the first protective layer. The first and second layers may have different acoustic properties.

Claim (Index 20):
The apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the second protective layer is one of adhered or press-fit to one of a cover plate of the microphone assembly and a circuit board in contact with the array of microphone elements.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2069
- Patent Class: nan
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14244149', '11816964', '13740614', '12693726', '14270858']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5639445629317517
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4823001595752764
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5557801225961041
- Mean Citation Score: 173.953898
- Max Citation Score: 185.50781
- Similarity Product: 130.33201591023806

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

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