PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15903149
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["473", "371000"]

Abstract:
Multi-layered golf balls containing a two or three-layered cover assembly are provided. In one embodiment, the cover assembly includes a relatively hard inner cover and relatively soft outer cover. Alternatively, the cover assembly may include a relatively soft inner cover with a relatively hard outer cover. Three-layered covers comprising an inner cover, intermediate cover, and outer cover layer also may be prepared. Preferably, at least one of the layers is formed from a thermoplastic composition that preferably comprises: a) ethylene acid copolymer, b) plasticizer, and c) cation source. A fatty acid ester such as ethyl oleate is preferably used as the plasticizer. The cover assembly has good impact durability and helps provide the ball with relatively high resiliency at given compressions.

Claim (Index 13):
A golf ball, comprising:\n i) a core having at least one layer; ii) an inner cover layer comprising a first thermoplastic material, the inner cover being disposed about the core, the first thermoplastic composition comprising:\n a) an acid copolymer of ethylene and an \u03b1,\u03b2-unsaturated carboxylic acid, optionally including a softening monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates and methacrylates; \n b) about 3 to about 50% by weight plasticizer; and \n c) a cation source present in an amount sufficient to neutralize from about 0 to about 100% of all acid groups present in the material; \n iii) an intermediate cover layer comprising a second thermoplastic material, the intermediate layer being disposed about the inner cover layer, the second thermoplastic composition comprising:\n d) an acid copolymer of ethylene and an \u03b1,\u03b2-unsaturated carboxylic acid, optionally including a softening monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates and methacrylates; \n e) about 3 to about 50% by weight plasticizer; and \n f) a cation source present in an amount sufficient to neutralize from about 0 to about 100% of all acid groups present in the material; and \n iv) an outer cover layer disposed about the intermediate cover layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 40.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71605
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14527857', '15417398', '15480727', '14511221', '15467020']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7695386858824967
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6154305766857042
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7541278749628174
- Mean Citation Score: 563.50832
- Max Citation Score: 590.6081
- Similarity Product: 530.2729982315063

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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