PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16209877
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["473", "PCA003"]

Abstract:
A configurable flexible putting green system and methods provide a golf putting experience on a highly configurable simulated putting green surface. A movable, flexible turf belt is tensioned between storage devices at each end of the turf belt. A portion of the turf belt is configured as a putt spot, supporting the player's weight and simulating a real putting experience. The system is provided with actuators underneath the turf belt for creating a variety of undulations, inclinations, and declinations so as to simulate a wide variety of golf putting scenarios. A golf computer is provided for controlling the turf belt and undulators to simulate golf putting conditions according to a database of simulated golf putting terrain matching existing golf courses.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of providing a configurable flexible golf putting green system, the method comprising the steps of:\n a) tensioning a turf belt between a first storage device and a second storage device, said turf belt comprising a simulated putting green surface adhered to a flexible substrate, said turf belt not configured into a continuous loop, the turf belt further comprising:\n i) a stored portion that is stored in at least one of said first storage device or said second storage device; \n ii) a playable portion overlying a plurality of undulator modules; \n b) disposing at least one golf putting hole in said turf belt; c) providing the plurality of undulator modules under said turf belt, further characterized in that a portion of the turf belt is in contact with each of said plurality of undulator modules, at least one of said plurality of undulator modules comprising:\n i) a planar support plate configured to allow said flexible substrate to move across it, the support plate having an aperture; \n ii) an undulator actuator configured to raise and lower an undulator body through said aperture, wherein raising said undulator body lifts a portion of the turf belt above said planar support plate; \n d) providing a control system operable to control said first and second storage devices operable to move said turf belt in both a forward direction and a backward direction, said forward direction characterized in that the playable portion of the turf belt moves in the direction from said first storage device toward said second storage device, said backward direction characterized in that the playable portion of the turf belt moves in the direction from said second storage device toward said first storage device; e) storing a portion of said turf belt in said first storage device when said turf belt is moved in said backward direction; f) storing a portion of said turf belt in said second storage device when said turf belt is moved in said backward direction; g) configuring a portion of said turf belt to be a putt spot, a support structure underneath said putt spot configured to support the weight of one or more players about said putt spot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91176
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15476075', '11891571', '11283432', '13544636', '14453012']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6015249941533891
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4992716844106276
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.591299663179113
- Mean Citation Score: 245.89121800000004
- Max Citation Score: 254.40083
- Similarity Product: 194.7660976454264

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

Dataset: test