PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045661
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["036", "03000A"]

Abstract:
A bonded mesh composite panel can be used to form a three-dimensional upper shell that includes extensions used for double-lasting and/or to otherwise provide a shelf to support foam padding. The foam padding may be, e.g., a foam midsole. The extensions of the upper shell may be located in a lower portion of the shell and may be bonded to the foam midsole in a heel, midfoot and/or forefoot regions.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of fabricating a portion of an upper for an article of footwear, comprising:\n positioning a plurality of panels into an assembly in which the locations of the panels correspond to locations to be occupied by the panels in a completed upper, wherein the assembly includes\n a substrate material panel having a first side and a second side, \n a mesh material panel having a first side facing away from the substrate material panel and a second side facing the substrate material panel, at least a portion of the mesh material panel overlapping the substrate material panel in a mesh/substrate overlap area, \n a skin material panel having a first side facing away from the substrate material panel and a second side facing the substrate material panel, at least a portion of the skin material panel overlapping both the substrate material panel and the mesh material panel in a skin/mesh/substrate overlap area, and \n a first layer of hot melt bonding material positioned between one of (a) the substrate material panel and the mesh material panel, and (b) the mesh material panel and the skin material panel; \n compressing the assembly at a first temperature in a first pressing operation during which the first sides of the substrate material, mesh material and skin material panels face a compressible surface conforming to the assembly; and compressing the assembly at a second temperature in a second pressing operation during which the first sides of the substrate material, mesh material and skin material panels face a compressible surface conforming to the assembly, and wherein the second pressing operation is performed after the first pressing operation, and the second temperature is lower than the first temperature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76744
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12603498', '13608122', '14036381', '15395110', '15075372']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6755679846142858
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5072892511340018
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6587401112662574
- Mean Citation Score: 342.8630720000001
- Max Citation Score: 377.8718
- Similarity Product: 372.0594916616202

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

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