PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917957
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["473", "604000"]

Abstract:
A sports ball including a plurality of specifically-configured panels bonded together along their abutting edges, and bonded with a carcass on the inner surface of the panels by an adhesive. The carcass surrounds the entire surface of a hanging or suspended elastic bladder that is not fixedly attached to the carcass. The panels include a casing that forms an exterior surface of the ball, and at least one lining layer to give structure, strength and softness to the ball.

Claim (Index 7):
The sports ball of  claim 1 , wherein measured inwardly from perimeter edges of the first lining layer prior to forming flanges, a cut is provided along the perimeter edges of the first lining layer, wherein the cut is parallel to the perimeter edges of the first lining layer and is positioned between from approximately 2 to approximately 4 mm from the perimeter edges of the first lining layer to form flanges around the perimeter edges of the first lining layer;\n wherein the flanges are disposed to be turned inwardly and bonded by adhesive to abutting perimeter edges of the first lining layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57407
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12070557', '11637378', '12924609', '15537875', '15410190']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6682640824645416
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5061209787237961
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6520497720904671
- Mean Citation Score: 241.680696
- Max Citation Score: 249.9126
- Similarity Product: 157.18753476212024

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

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