PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16126373
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["043", "042320"]

Abstract:
A process where materials are applied to a plastic fishing lure surface, producing a lure that possesses chromatic vicissitude as a result of water temperature fluctuations. A non-thermochromatic base layer of one or more colors is applied to the plastic fishing lure. This layer acts as the visual appearance of the fishing lure in the absence of temperature fluctuations. Clear extender is then used as an additive to the thermochromatic ink. This addition to the ink then allows the ink to be sprayed onto the surface of the lure. This ink-extender amalgam can be applied in multiple layers however the bottom layer must have the least amount of hue saturation. Each layer thereafter would increase in hue saturation. Multiple hue combinations can be utilized. Once the desired number of thermochromatic layers has been applied, an ultra-clear super high gloss lacquer finish is sprayed on to the exterior of all layers.

Claim (Index 23):
A fishing lure comprising:\n a body; a base layer provided over at least a portion of the body, the base layer comprising a non-thermochromatic ink of a first color; a plurality of thermochromatic ink layers provided on at least a portion of the base layer, each of the plurality of thermochromatic ink layers being of a different color than the base layer; at least one of the plurality of thermochromatic ink layers provided in a gradient pattern, the gradient pattern comprising a transition in opacity along the body and wherein a first thermochromatic ink layer extends over a portion of the body such that only a portion of the first thermochromatic ink layer comprises a color changing effect in response to temperature change; and one or more of eyes, mouth lines, gill lines and fin and scale markings in non-thermochromatic ink provided on the body.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85057
- Patent Class: 43.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15370241', '15808379', '14828026', '13316417', '11759600']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7670687632388309
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5144865691152004
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7418105438264678
- Mean Citation Score: 303.486644
- Max Citation Score: 344.92462
- Similarity Product: 331.9303993453908

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

Dataset: test