PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915469
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["002", "236000"]

Abstract:
A waistband for an article of apparel comprising at least one embroidery tunnel is provided. The waistband comprises at least one cord comprising a first and second end affixed to the waistband, and an intervening portion movably coupled to the waistband with stitches that form the embroidery tunnel, the embroidery tunnel configured to distribute a tensioning force applied to the cord across at least a portion of the waistband. The embroidery tunnel forms a series of parallel courses across the waistband, with the cord able to move freely within the embroidery tunnel.

Claim (Index 15):
The method of  claim 11 , further comprising:\n attaching a first coupling comprising a first separate textile piece to a first location on the outer surface of the textile, the first location proximate to a first end of the textile; attaching a second coupling comprising a second separate textile piece to a second location on the outer surface of the textile, the second location proximate to a second end of the textile; forming a first-lanyard-aperture in the first coupling; and forming a second-lanyard-aperture in the second coupling, wherein the first coupling extends outward from the outer surface of the textile at the first location and the second coupling extends outward from the outer surface of the textile at the second location.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14657549', '15454254', '11079577', '14469039', '13184715']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6368112774937847
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.643533454149343
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6374834951593406
- Mean Citation Score: 308.585368
- Max Citation Score: 672.8963
- Similarity Product: 590.1285136791467

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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