PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957788
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["381", "380000"]

Abstract:
An earphone cover for an earphone includes an ear bud skin and an extension. The earphone includes an ear bud with a stem, and the earphone is inserted into a user's ear canal. The stem extends from the ear bud and a primary speaker outlet is formed on the ear bud. The ear bud skin substantially covers the ear bud of the earphone and increases friction between the ear bud and user's ear (provides an interface that increases friction between the ear bud and the user's ear) and the extension extends from the ear bud skin for more secure fit of the earphone to user's ear. The earphone cover is sufficiently flexible and elastic to accept insertion of the earphone therein along with being made of a material to provide a comfortable fit too.

Claim (Index 17):
An earphone cover ( 10 ) for an earphone ( 100 ) wherein the earphone ( 100 ) is comprised of an ear bud ( 110 ) and a stem ( 120 ) and wherein the ear bud ( 110 ) plugs into user's ear canal ( 210 ) and the stem ( 120 ) downwardly extends from the ear bud ( 110 ) wherein a primary speaker outlet ( 130 ) is formed on the ear bud ( 110 ), the earphone cover ( 10 ) comprising:\n an ear bud skin ( 20 ) for substantially covering the ear bud ( 110 ) of the earphone ( 100 ) and increasing friction between the ear bud ( 110 ) and user's ear ( 200 ); and an extension ( 30 ) which outwardly extends from the ear bud skin ( 20 ) for more secure fit of the earphone ( 100 ) to user's ear ( 200 ), wherein the ear bud skin ( 20 ) comprises a first opening ( 21 ) and a second opening ( 22 ); wherein the first opening ( 21 ) is sized to allow passage of the stem ( 120 ) and expands enough to allow passage of the ear bud ( 110 ), wherein the second opening ( 22 ) is sized to allow passage of the stem ( 120 ), but the second opening ( 22 ) is not sized or does not expand enough to allow passage of the ear bud ( 110 ), wherein the first opening ( 21 ) comprises an outlet surrounding portion ( 23 ) and an extended portion ( 24 ), wherein the outlet surrounding portion ( 23 ) substantially surrounds the primary speaker outlet ( 130 ) and the extended portion ( 24 ) longitudinally extends from the outlet surrounding portion ( 23 ), wherein the extended portion ( 24 ) is formed on about an opposite side of the second opening ( 22 ), wherein the earphone cover ( 10 ) is sufficiently flexible and elastic to accept insertion of the earphone ( 100 ) therein.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47458
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11801589', '12744303', '15488526', '15302163', '14321945']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7029845114756034
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5117346475883917
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6838595250868823
- Mean Citation Score: 218.03394799999995
- Max Citation Score: 252.38226
- Similarity Product: 154.1759713352394

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

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