PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15991394
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["473", "056000"]

Abstract:
A barrel of a ball bat for striking a ball. The bat itself may comprise a longitudinal axis, a handle, and the barrel. The barrel includes a ball impact area formed by a barrel portion and a transition section. A point of maximum performance is located within the ball impact area along the barrel. The barrel may also include an end cap. The barrel portion has a first outer diameter, with the diameter tapering from the barrel portion towards the attachment end of the transition section. There is at least one annular ring, formed from a material having a density lower than that of aluminum, which is positioned along the ball impact area. The annular ring has a third diameter that is flush with the first outer diameter.

Claim (Index 12):
The barrel of  claim 10  wherein the first step surface has a length between about 0.25 and 3 inches.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16923
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14099710', '10622717', '11307634', '14018673', '10434553']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6659446178492516
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5084883152379208
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6501989875881186
- Mean Citation Score: 226.736408
- Max Citation Score: 243.1818
- Similarity Product: 143.6058821651816

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