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 16):
An apparatus for enhancing microphone performance of a voice-controlled smart home device, the apparatus comprising:\n a lower ring having a first diameter and defining a lower circumference; an upper ring having a second diameter and defining an upper circumference; and, a reflective surface defining an outer area extending from the lower ring to the upper ring, the outer area defining a paraboloidal circumference, wherein the reflective surface is configured to have a parabolic focal point adjacent to the lower ring.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43478
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15751025', '15840844', '13743551', '15099252', '10524709']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6054314057188591
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4874950399863638
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5936377691456096
- Mean Citation Score: 105.2188948
- Max Citation Score: 116.160355
- Similarity Product: 72.83794700108318

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

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