PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967703
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["156", "245000"]

Abstract:
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole including a polymeric bladder element enclosing a fluid-filled interior cavity, a first outsole component secured to a bottom surface and to a side surface of the polymeric bladder element, and a second outsole component. The first outsole component includes a first base, and a wall integral with the first base. The second outsole component includes a second base secured to the first base, and a wall integral with the second base and secured to the outer surface of the wall of the first outsole component. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear includes thermoforming the bladder element and the first outsole component, and securing the second outsole component to the first outsole component.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:\n placing a preformed first outsole component into a thermoforming mold; wherein the preformed first outsole component has:\n a base with integral tread elements protruding from a first portion of a bottom surface of the base, and with a second portion of the bottom surface free of any tread elements; and \n a wall integral with the base and adjacent the second portion of the bottom surface; \n placing polymeric material in the thermoforming mold with the first outsole component; closing the thermoforming mold to enclose the polymeric material and the first outsole component in a mold cavity; and applying a vacuum to conform a first portion of the polymeric material to a first mold surface of the thermoforming mold and to conform a second portion of the polymeric material to an upper surface of the first outsole component and to a second mold surface of the thermoforming mold, with an interior cavity between the first portion and the second portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.11628
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15070082', '15553346', '15864356', '15348450', '15051161']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9018602483690557
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5349593822555059
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8651701617577006
- Mean Citation Score: 270.276232
- Max Citation Score: 378.87476
- Similarity Product: 313.99840201875924

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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