PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15742813
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["235", "492000"]

Abstract:
A dual interface smart card having a metal layer includes an SC module, with contacts and RF capability, mounted on a plug, formed of non RF impeding material, between the top and bottom surfaces of the metal layer. The plug provides support for the IC module and a degree of electrical insulation and isolation from the metal layer. The resultant card can have contact and contactless operating capability and an entirely smooth external metal surface except for the contacts of the IC module.

Claim (Index 41):
A metal smart card with dual interface capability comprising;\n metal layer of thickness D having a top surface and a bottom surface extending parallel to each other, the top surface defining, a horizontal plane; an integrated circuit (IC) module having a top region with contacts configured for physical contact with a card reader, said IC module also configured for contactless radio frequency (RF) communication with a card reader, said IC module having a length L 1 , a width W 1  and a thickness D 1 , wherein D 1  is less than D; a plug of non RF impeding material having lateral dimensions of L 2 , which is equal to or greater than L 1 , and W 2 , which is equal to or greater than W 1 ; an opening in said metal layer extending for a full thickness of said metal layer, said IC module mounted on said plug disposed in said opening, said IC module and said plug extending in the vertical direction between the top and bottom surfaces of the metal layer, with the contacts of the IC module positioned along the same horizontal plane as the top surface of the metal layer, the opening in the metal layer having a first region at and just below the top surface for accommodating the IC module and a second region below the first region which extends until the bottom surface of the metal layer, the opening in the first region having lateral dimensions L 1  and W 1  for a depth of D 1  and the second region having lateral dimensions L 2  and W 2  for a depth of (D\u2212D 1 ), wherein the IC module fits in and fills the opening in the first region and the plug fits in and fills the opening in the second region, wherein L 2  and W 2  are respectively greater than L 1  and W 1 ; and a masking layer disposed over the top metal surface and any exposed portion of the plug.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14793963', '10739013', '14977553', '15331739', '13362090']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.580922092480469
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5264456899438045
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5754744522268025
- Mean Citation Score: 233.92931
- Max Citation Score: 384.47552
- Similarity Product: 374.528280713501

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

Dataset: test