PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917957
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["473", "604000"]

Abstract:
A sports ball including a plurality of specifically-configured panels bonded together along their abutting edges, and bonded with a carcass on the inner surface of the panels by an adhesive. The carcass surrounds the entire surface of a hanging or suspended elastic bladder that is not fixedly attached to the carcass. The panels include a casing that forms an exterior surface of the ball, and at least one lining layer to give structure, strength and softness to the ball.

Claim (Index 1):
A sports ball comprising:\n a valve having a double-lock mechanism; a hanging or suspended inflatable bladder attached to the valve; a fabric carcass surrounding the hanging or suspended inflatable bladder and attached to the valve, wherein the inflatable bladder is not fixedly attached to the carcass; and a plurality of panels communicative with one another along edges of the panels; wherein each panel comprises at least two layers, a casing layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a first lining layer having an outer surface and an inner surface; wherein the outer surface of the casing layer forms an exterior surface of the sports ball; wherein the double-lock mechanism of the valve provides two distinct locations of sealing between the inflatable bladder and the exterior surface of the sports ball; wherein the inner surface of the casing layer is communicative with the outer surface of the first lining layer; wherein the inner surface of the first lining layer is communicative with an outer surface of the carcass; and wherein an outer flange area of the first lining layer comprises a plurality of grooves extending inwardly and oriented perpendicular to a perimeter edge of the outer flange area, the plurality of grooves being positioned about the inner surface of the first lining layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57407
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12070557', '11637378', '12924609', '15537875', '15410190']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6444646630245018
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4887335075162718
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6288915474736787
- Mean Citation Score: 241.680696
- Max Citation Score: 249.9126
- Similarity Product: 196.98047598978283

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

Dataset: test