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 19):
A method of using an earphone cover ( 10 ) constructed for an earphone ( 100 ) wherein the earphone ( 100 ) is comprised of an ear bud ( 110 ) and a stem ( 120 ), wherein the ear bud ( 110 ) inserts 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 ), wherein the earphone cover ( 10 ) comprises an ear bud skin ( 20 ) and an extension ( 30 ), and wherein the ear bud skin ( 20 ) comprises a first opening ( 21 ) and a second opening ( 22 ), wherein the method includes the steps of inserting the earphone ( 100 ) into the earphone cover ( 10 ), the steps comprising:\n the step of inserting the stem ( 120 ) into the first opening ( 21 ) and then into the second opening ( 22 ); the step of respectively holding the stem ( 120 ) and the extension ( 30 ) and pulling and rotating the extension ( 30 ) away from the stem ( 120 ) to insert the ear bud ( 110 ) into the ear bud skin ( 20 ) through the first opening ( 21 ); and the step of adjusting the ear bud skin ( 20 ) to align an orientation of the ear bud skin ( 20 ) such that the ear bud skin ( 20 ) corresponds to the ear bud ( 110 ) and the first opening ( 21 ) surrounds the primary speaker outlet ( 130 ).

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): 0.703580074087277
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5084738887082437
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6840694555493737
- Mean Citation Score: 218.03394799999995
- Max Citation Score: 252.38226
- Similarity Product: 163.04163966476082

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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