PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933447
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["473", "374000"]

Abstract:
Multi-layered golf balls having at least one layer made of a polyester composition containing a polyester thermoplastic elastomer and plasticizer are provided. The plasticizers help reduce the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the composition and various plasticizers may be used. For example, the composition may include alkyl oleate plasticizers such as ethyl oleate and octyl oleate. Polyester-ether block copolymers are particularly preferred. The golf ball includes a core having at least one layer and a cover having at least one layer. The polyester composition may be used to form any core, cover, or other layer in the golf ball.

Claim (Index 1):
A golf ball, comprising:\n a) dual core comprising an inner core and outer core layer, the inner core having an outer surface and geometric center and the outer core layer having an outer surface and midpoint; the inner core comprising a rubber composition and the outer core layer comprising a polyester-based thermoplastic elastomer composition, the polyester-based composition comprising:\n i) about 40 to about 99% by weight polyester thermoplastic elastomer; and \n ii) about 1 to about 60% by weight of an alkyl oleate plasticizer selected from the group consisting of methyl oleate, ethyl oleate, propyl oleate, butyl oleate, and octyl oleate, and mixtures thereof. \n wherein the midpoint and outer surface of the outer core layer each has a hardness, and the outer surface hardness is greater than the midpoint hardness to provide a positive hardness gradient in the outer core layer; and \n b) a cover having at least one layer disposed about the core.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80328
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14532141', '15236569', '14814578', '14834571', '15418920']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6930755417444535
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5332132556879191
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6770893131388
- Mean Citation Score: 367.13368
- Max Citation Score: 382.1836
- Similarity Product: 372.8180013093472

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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