PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16079300
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["381", "345000"]

Abstract:
An acoustic manifold for altering a sound wavefront shape from a loudspeaker having a substantially planar driver, comprising a mounting surface configured to attach to a front surface of a case surrounding the driver and having two vertical openings matching corresponding vertical openings in the case to allow sound from the driver to project therethrough, and a waveguide portion coupled to the mounting surface and having a structure channeling sound projected from the driver through the two vertical openings to be combined in one output area. The structure has a plurality of reflective surfaces configured to create output sound that has a consistent dispersion pattern over a defined area. The manifold is configured to increase a vertical and/or horizontal beamwidth of the projected sound so that listeners positioned off an axis of the loudspeaker will hear a wide range of audible frequencies at a substantially similar sound level.

Claim (Index 3):
The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the reflective surfaces are formed from contours formed into the side walls and corresponding projections formed into the central pillar to form two entry columns representing sound transmission paths for the sound projected from the driver through the two vertical openings, and wherein the output area comprises an outwardly flared sound output area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86585
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15752883', '12530383', '15305921', '14536780', '15099474']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7277120934117566
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5070760660587329
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7056484906764542
- Mean Citation Score: 241.453326
- Max Citation Score: 268.23907
- Similarity Product: 189.7218828262049

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

Dataset: test