PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15908053
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["036", "028000"]

Abstract:
A shoe sole includes a footbed, a midsole, and an outsole. The footbed includes deformable semi-tubular elements that protrude downward and are received in corresponding trough-shaped cavities of the midsole, which provide cushioning when the semi-tubular elements are compressed under load, and also provide a spring return effect. The semi-tubular elements may have a depth greater than a depth of a corresponding trough shaped cavity whereby the footbed is held in a raised position above the top surface of the midsole. The separation between the footbed and the top surface of the midsole is smaller in forefoot area and greater in the heel area. The separation provides shock absorption and resilience in the shoe because it allows the semi-tubular elements to deform under load and absorb impact shocks.

Claim (Index 17):
A shoe sole comprising a footbed, a midsole, and an outsole;\n the footbed having a top layer, a middle layer, and a bottom layer;\n the top layer being a cushioning foam layer having a top surface and a bottom surface; \n the middle layer being a dispersion plate having a top surface, and a bottom surface; \n the bottom layer including a plurality of deformable semi-tubular elements arranged transversely to a longitudinal axis of the shoe sole and protruding downwardly from the dispersion plate to the midsole, \n the midsole having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface of the midsole comprising the plurality of trough-shaped cavities arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis of the shoe sole, the footbed being positioned on the midsole with the semi-tubular elements received in the trough-shaped cavities; one or more deformable semi-tubular elements of the plurality of deformable semi-tubular elements having a depth greater than a depth of a corresponding trough shaped cavity, whereby the lower surface of the footbed is held above the top surface of the midsole; the bottom surface of the midsole having a plurality of downwardly-extending protrusions arranged transversely to the longitudinal axis of shoe sole and corresponding to the plurality of trough-shaped cavities; and the outsole located on a one or more of the protrusions of the bottom surface of the midsole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90278
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12637151', '13829695', '11005031', '12571327', '10609652']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6513724861926483
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4728503665982094
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6335202742332045
- Mean Citation Score: 273.923762
- Max Citation Score: 284.77393
- Similarity Product: 237.22147153751789

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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