PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876795
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["036", "02500R"]

Abstract:
An ultra-lightweight sole plate assembly can include a ground engaging outer shell, a structural component, and one or more cleat members. A method of making the outer shell includes thermoforming a foil material such as polyamide. Thermoforming the foil includes applying vacuum to the foil material. Excess foil material can be trimmed from the outer shell. The structural component can be made by injecting a molding material onto the outer shell. The cleat members can be co-molded with the shell during forming of the structural component. The resulting sole plate assembly has a reduced weight with the desired traction, strength and durability.

Claim (Index 7):
A method of forming an article of footwear having a sole structure, the method comprising:\n forming an outer shell having a first protruding portion extending from a first ground-contacting surface of the outer shell and including a first aperture at a distal end thereof and a second protruding portion extending from the first ground-contacting surface of the outer shell and including a second aperture at a distal end thereof; positioning a structural component within the outer shell, the structural component extending into the first protruding portion, extending into the second protruding portion, spaced apart from the first aperture, and extending through the second aperture; providing a first cleat member including a top surface in direct contact with the structural component and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the first cleat member than the top surface, the first cleat member being received within the first aperture and forming a second ground-contacting surface that is flush with the distal end of the first protruding portion; and providing a second cleat member attached to the second protruding portion by the structural component, the second cleat member forming a third ground-contacting surface and being attached to the second protruding portion by the structural component.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86667
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13487962', '15443230', '13528306', '13009549', '12615975']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6204129932735324
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4347362818691432
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6018453221330935
- Mean Citation Score: 186.897324
- Max Citation Score: 198.77979
- Similarity Product: 176.21555893885375

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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