PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15925231
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["473", "387000"]

Abstract:
A golf tee includes: an elongate shaft having opposed upper and lower ends, the lower end configured to be inserted into an underlying surface; and a support cup that is configured to support a golf ball from beneath and that merges with the shaft. The support cup has a base portion and further includes at least three arcuate support prongs projecting upwardly from the base portion. The support prongs define a discontinuous annulus about the periphery of the support cup.

Claim (Index 1):
A golf tee, comprising:\n an elongate shaft having opposed upper and lower ends, the lower end configured to be inserted into an underlying surface; and a support cup that is configured to support a golf ball from beneath, the support cup merging with the shaft, the support cup having an arcuate base portion with a radius of curvature of between about 0.3 and 0.5 inches, and further including at least three arcuate support prongs projecting upwardly from the base portion, each of the support prongs having a convex contact surface and being of a secant length that is greater than that of a dimple of a golf ball, such that the total contact area between the contact surfaces and a golf ball resting on the contact surfaces is between about 0.0036 in 2  and 0.0045 in 2 .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59259
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14960098', '15401963', '13593944', '12448740', '12014466']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6162088294969584
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4648095224921834
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.601068898796481
- Mean Citation Score: 171.360108
- Max Citation Score: 180.14874
- Similarity Product: 143.50364867882968

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