PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16079300
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["381", "345000"]

Abstract:
An acoustic manifold for altering a sound wavefront shape from a loudspeaker having a substantially planar driver, comprising a mounting surface configured to attach to a front surface of a case surrounding the driver and having two vertical openings matching corresponding vertical openings in the case to allow sound from the driver to project therethrough, and a waveguide portion coupled to the mounting surface and having a structure channeling sound projected from the driver through the two vertical openings to be combined in one output area. The structure has a plurality of reflective surfaces configured to create output sound that has a consistent dispersion pattern over a defined area. The manifold is configured to increase a vertical and/or horizontal beamwidth of the projected sound so that listeners positioned off an axis of the loudspeaker will hear a wide range of audible frequencies at a substantially similar sound level.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 11  wherein the reflective surfaces are formed from contours formed into the side walls and corresponding projections formed into the central pillar to form two entry columns, and wherein the flared output area comprises an outwardly angled waveguide forming a dispersion angle along a horizontal axis of the loudspeaker, and having a dispersion angle of approximately 90 degrees.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86585
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15752883', '12530383', '15305921', '14536780', '15099474']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7285019471317904
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5021524423744116
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7058669966560526
- Mean Citation Score: 241.453326
- Max Citation Score: 268.23907
- Similarity Product: 206.1209006053901

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