PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16023276
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["600", "393000"]

Abstract:
Systems, articles, and methods for improved capacitive electromyography (“EMG”) sensors are described. The improved capacitive EMG sensors include one or more sensor electrode(s) that is/are coated with a protective barrier formed of a material that has a relative permittivity ε r  of about 10 or more. The protective barrier shields the sensor electrode(s) from moisture, sweat, skin oils, etc. while advantageously contributing to a large capacitance between the sensor electrode(s) and the user's body. In this way, the improved capacitive EMG sensors provide enhanced robustness against variations in skin and/or environmental conditions. Such improved capacitive EMG sensors are particularly well-suited for use in wearable EMG devices that may be worn by a user for an extended period of time and/or under a variety of skin and/or environmental conditions. A wearable EMG device that provides a component of a human-electronics interface and incorporates such improved capacitive EMG sensors is described.

Claim (Index 1):
An electromyography (\u201cEMG\u201d) sensor comprising:\n a substrate, wherein the substrate includes a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate; a first electrode carried by the second surface of the substrate, wherein the first electrode comprises a first electrically conductive plate having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the first electrically conductive plate opposite the first surface of the first electrically conductive plate, wherein the first surface of the first electrically conductive plate faces the substrate; a second electrode carried by the second surface of the substrate, wherein the second electrode comprises a second electrically conductive plate having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the second electrically conductive plate opposite the first surface of the second electrically conductive plate, wherein the first surface of the second electrically conductive plate faces the substrate; circuitry communicatively coupled to both the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least a portion of the circuitry is carried by the first surface of the substrate; a first electrically conductive pathway that passes through the substrate and communicatively couples the first electrode to the circuitry; and a second electrically conductive pathway that passes through the substrate and communicatively couples the second electrode to the circuitry.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79592
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16023300', '14539773', '15799621', '14553657', '15799628']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4897566306013127
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5256837730276811
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4933493448439495
- Mean Citation Score: 329.940326
- Max Citation Score: 362.56384
- Similarity Product: 315.8939146316529

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

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