PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16163867
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["102", "449000"]

Abstract:
Herein we describe embodiments of shotgun shells, methods for loading such shotgun shells, and methods for using them. In some embodiments, the shotgun shells utilize a multi-component wad system with a biodegradable powder wad that stays intact through the firing process, and a separate and chemically distinct biodegradable shot wad that breaks apart within one meter after being shot out of the barrel of a shotgun. A clean release of the shot can be obtained, providing both high performance and biodegradability. The biodegradable shot wad can be a biodegradable polyester.

Claim (Index 46):
The shotgun shell of  claim 44 , wherein upon firing of said shotgun shell from a shotgun having a barrel such that said shot exits said barrel at a velocity exceeding 1,000 feet per second, said biodegradable shot wad fragments into multiple discrete pieces within one meter of exit from said barrel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67797
- Patent Class: 102.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15926523', '15926452', '14303496', '14823769', '11813953']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7573969247162815
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.700824689702199
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7517397012148732
- Mean Citation Score: 458.85888
- Max Citation Score: 749.8041400000003
- Similarity Product: 718.3474971000114

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

Dataset: test