PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15884584
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["361", "818000"]

Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of multifunctional components for electronic devices. In an exemplary embodiment, a multifunctional component generally includes a base component, such as a smart phone case (e.g., a back cover, etc.), an inner plate (e.g., a screenplate, a mid-plate, etc.). A heat spreader may be disposed on the base component. Thermal interface material and electromagnetic interference shielding may be disposed on area(s) of the heat spreader. The area(s) may correspond in mirror image relation to component(s) of a circuit board with which the multifunctional component is configured to be joined. During operation of the electronic device, the multifunctional component may draw waste heat from one area and transfer/spread the waste heat to one or more other areas of the electronic device, which may increase a temperature of these one or more other areas. This, in turn, may make device temperature more uniform.

Claim (Index 1):
A component configured for inclusion in an electronic device, the component comprising:\n a heat spreader; and a thermal interface material and/or one or more walls of electromagnetic interference shielding material disposed on the heat spreader; wherein the component is configured to be installed in the electronic device and define a thermally-conductive heat path from one or more heat sources of the electronic device to one or more other parts of the electronic device such that heat is transferrable along the thermally-conductive heat path from the one or more heat sources to the one or more other parts of the electronic device, whereby the heat transfer increases a temperature of the one or more other parts of the electronic device and thereby makes device temperature more uniform.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03448
- Patent Class: 361.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15072264', '13164653', '15271635', '15591786', '12479284']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8486666311763316
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.509925803360276
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.814792548394726
- Mean Citation Score: 239.07956000000004
- Max Citation Score: 321.08246
- Similarity Product: 262.26738694308284

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

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