PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868597
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["381", "324000"]

Abstract:
The disclosure relates to an inlet member for a microphone system in a hearing instrument, such as a hearing aid, wherein the inlet member has a main body portion having a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being provided with a first recess for accommodating a microphone comprising a snout for conducting sound energy into the interior of the microphone, wherein the first recess is provided with a sound channel formed for engagement with the snout of the microphone, where the sound channel at the end hereof facing away from the microphone is acoustically coupled to a third recess in the first portion, the third recess being defined by wall portions that provide a seal to corresponding inner surface portions of a hearing instrument, in which the inlet member is mounted.

Claim (Index 11):
The inlet member according to  claim 10 , wherein said second sound channel extends a distance into said fourth recess such that a shoulder portion is formed between the entrance of the sound channel and the adjacent wall portions of the fourth recess, whereby the passage of contaminants from the fourth recess via the sound channel to the interior of the microphone that is coupled to the sound channel will be prevented or reduced.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08824
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15061154', '14212728', '12097240', '14472740', '11586480']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6615164451249678
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5691921635034118
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6522840169628121
- Mean Citation Score: 228.13356800000005
- Max Citation Score: 429.12848
- Similarity Product: 402.0737573685837

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