PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15868800
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["381", "328000"]

Abstract:
A method of fitting a hearing assistance device includes heating and earmold including plastic material to a temperature sufficient to facilitate molding of the plastic material, the earmold being insertable into an ear of a user for molding in an ear of a user, and allowing the earmold to cool to provide a shaped earmold.

Claim (Index 14):
A method of fitting a hearing assistance device comprising an earmold comprising a thermoplastic material, the method comprising:\n heating the earmold to a temperature above a glass transition temperature and below a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material to facilitate molding of the thermoplastic material, the earmold being insertable into an ear of a user for molding in an ear of the user; allowing the earmold to cool below the glass transition temperature to set a shape of the thermoplastic material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65714
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15336281', '12051635', '12649618', '12649634', '14720036']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6850313243184495
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4973332418677977
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6662615160733844
- Mean Citation Score: 203.873204
- Max Citation Score: 233.04173
- Similarity Product: 161.20566984878957

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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