PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15958709
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["473", "331000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of golf club heads having a hydrophobic surface and methods to manufacture such golf club heads are generally described herein. The golf club heads are configured to comprise a ball-striking face and at least two channels formed therein. The channels are separated by a land portion of the ball-striking face extending therebetween. The land portion is associated with at least a first step portion extending at a first elevation and a second step portion extending at a second elevation, the second elevation being higher than the first elevation relative to a bottom of the channels. Each of the first and second step portions is so dimensioned as to be associated with a substantially hydrophobic contact angle.

Claim (Index 15):
A golf club comprising:\n a shaft; and a golf club head coupled to the shaft, the golf club head having a ball-striking face and at least two channels formed in the ball-striking face, wherein the channels are separated by a land portion of the ball-striking face extending therebetween, wherein the land portion is associated with at least a first step portion extending at a first elevation and a second step portion extending at a second elevation, the second elevation being higher than the first elevation relative to a bottom of the channels, wherein the first step portion is defined by a first lateral portion extending substantially parallel to one or more bottoms of the channels and a first upturned or vertical portion extending upwardly and substantially perpendicular to one or more bottoms of the channels and, the second step portion is defined by a second lateral portion and a pair of second perpendicular upturned portions; and wherein each of the first and second step portions is so dimensioned as to be associated with a substantially hydrophobic contact angle; wherein the substantially hydrophobic contact angle is about 90 degrees or greater.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08475
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15586090', '14323347', '10082484', '15414915', '13776422']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6141553662848458
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5012276308104416
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6028625927374054
- Mean Citation Score: 222.620434
- Max Citation Score: 311.2653
- Similarity Product: 305.3278660760164

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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