PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948968
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["381", "074000"]

Abstract:
An in-ear hearing device having an ear interfacing portion integrally formed with an elongated stem portion, wherein the ear interfacing portion extends away from the elongated stem portion; a first acoustic port formed in the ear interfacing portion; a speaker disposed in the ear interfacing portion and aligned to emit sound from the acoustic port; a plurality of electrical contacts disposed at an end of the stem portion, the plurality of electrical contacts including first and second contacts; a second acoustic port formed at the end of the elongated stem portion between the first and second contacts; a microphone disposed in the stem portion; and a channel that fluidically couples the microphone to the second acoustic port.

Claim (Index 26):
A portable listening device system comprising:\n (a) an earbud comprising:\n an earbud housing having a speaker housing integrally formed with and protruding perpendicularly away from a first end of an elongated tube; \n a first acoustic port formed through the speaker housing; \n a speaker disposed in the speaker housing and aligned to emit sound through the first acoustic port; \n a second acoustic port formed at a second end of the elongated tube opposite the first end; \n a microphone disposed in the elongated tube and configured to receive sound through the second acoustic port; \n a third acoustic port positioned on a side surface of the speaker housing and configured to provide a path for acoustic pressure to vent; \n a plurality of electrical contacts disposed at an exterior surface of the elongated tube; \n a rechargeable battery disposed within the elongated tube; and \n battery charging circuitry positioned within the elongated tube and coupled to the rechargeable battery and the plurality of electrical contacts, the battery charging circuitry configured to charge the rechargeable battery when connected to an external power supply; and \n (b) an apparatus for charging the earbud, the apparatus comprising:\n a case housing socket configured to receive the earbud; and \n power transmitting circuitry configured to: when the earbud is received in the socket, electrically couple with and provide power to the battery charging circuitry in the earbud.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.625
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15948920', '15590970', '15071177', '11824444', '13847103']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7161215676299573
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.577881841004478
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7022975949674094
- Mean Citation Score: 368.008792
- Max Citation Score: 455.70877
- Similarity Product: 430.0689152097917

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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