PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15973425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["084", "644000"]

Abstract:
A musical instrument connection and extension system that easily and quickly connects back and front stage equipment, for example, musical amplification, effects pedals, rack mounted effects systems and components, wireless connectivity and power distribution for use with musical instruments.

Claim (Index 1):
A device for providing power and signal connection between a plurality of front and back sound stage music equipment, comprising:\n a front stage housing, supporting connection to a plurality of music equipment and to an input power; a first plurality of music equipment signal sockets disposed on an exterior of the front stage housing, the first plurality of music equipment signal sockets adapted to provide connection to front stage music equipment for an amplifier instrument-in signal, an instrument-in signal, and a foot switch signal; at least one power connector disposed on the exterior of the front stage housing, adapted to provide the input power; a first aggregate, multi-pin wiring connector having a cable side and front stage side, disposed on the exterior of the front stage housing, the front stage side of the first aggregate connector having a first plurality of electrical contacts interior to the front stage housing, designated for connection to the amplifier instrument-in signal, the instrument-in signal, the foot switch signal, and the input power, wherein the cable side of the first aggregate connector is adapted to be removably connected to a single, multi-conductor cable; a single, power and signal conveying cable having a front stage end and a back stage end, the front stage end having a first connector adapted to removably mate to the first aggregate connector, wherein the cable contains one or more shielded multi-electrical conductors and is adapted to convey the amplifier instrument-in stage signal, instrument-in stage signal, the foot switch stage signal, and the power input; and at least one conditioning circuit having access to supplied power and providing the input power through the cable to the front stage music equipment, wherein the device enables power and signals between the front and back sound stage music equipment to be conveyed by a single cable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.36364
- Patent Class: 84.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15028390', '15913489', '12221745', '14030927', '15817748']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5403305586394772
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5518374593420483
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5414812487097344
- Mean Citation Score: 213.237108
- Max Citation Score: 421.94992
- Similarity Product: 379.11343757396696

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