PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16175272
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["340", "568200"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to security systems for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal. For example, the security system may include a sensor configured to be coupled to the item of merchandise and a base configured to removably support the sensor and the item of merchandise thereon. The base includes a sidewall and a bottom surface, and the sidewall defines an opening. The security system also includes an alarm configured to generate sound in response to a security event. The alarm includes a sound chamber configured to direct sound exiting the sound chamber towards the opening in the sidewall.

Claim (Index 23):
A method for securing an item of merchandise from theft or unauthorized removal, the method comprising:\n generating sound with a sound chamber in response to a security event, wherein the sound chamber comprises a cap coupled to a chamber and an opening defined in the chamber for allowing sound to exit the chamber, wherein the cap is configured to resonate for generating sound; directing the sound in a first direction with the sound chamber towards a bottom surface of the chamber; and directing the sound in a second direction with the sound chamber that is different than the first direction out of the opening of the chamber and towards an opening defined in a base housing the sound chamber.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05455
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15353136', '16002450', '16109145', '15163846', '15723744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7151142260501585
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5214839747990938
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.695751200925052
- Mean Citation Score: 267.205288
- Max Citation Score: 329.56244
- Similarity Product: 319.1215523039245

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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