PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957251
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["381", "379000"]

Abstract:
Generic adjustable in-ear monitors (IEMs) may suffer from a limited range of resilient ear plugs that may not adequately fit each user, and the user may prefer different ear plugs for different purposes (e.g., the user's interest in secure fitment may be higher when exercising, while the user's interest in comfort may be higher when the user is relaxing). The presently disclosed technology is directed to IEMs that permit a user to adjust without removing and replacing an associated ear plug. Instead, the ear plug is adjustable by the user to achieve a desired fit and may be adjusted repeatedly for different desired fits and/or different users.

Claim (Index 20):
An adjustable in-ear monitor comprising:\n a sound tube having a threaded end; an adjustment collar having a threaded end, the adjustment collar concentric with the sound tube, and the threaded end of the adjustment collar screwed onto the threaded end of the sound tube; a resilient membrane tip concentric with the sound tube and covering the adjustment collar, the resilient membrane tip having a first end fixed to the adjustment collar; and an adjustment ring concentrically oriented around the sound tube, rotatable with reference to the sound tube, and fixed linearly along the sound tube, wherein a second end of the resilient membrane tip is attached to the adjustment ring, and wherein rotation of the adjustment collar with reference to the sound tube pulls a center portion of the resilient membrane tip inward, thus changing an outside diameter of the resilient membrane tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76471
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14932377', '12811354', '12205547', '13453874', '12911101']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6894880342799741
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4821782575581216
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6687570566077888
- Mean Citation Score: 190.94075000000004
- Max Citation Score: 195.93959
- Similarity Product: 143.11227282751383

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

Dataset: test