PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15871493
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["036", "012000"]

Abstract:
A footwear sole comprises an first sole portion including at least one protruding male engagement part and a second sole portion including at least one recessed female engagement part having a shape which closely conforms to that of a corresponding male portion, whereby when a force is applied to the first sole portion in the direction of the second sole portion, the corresponding male engagement part is fixedly retained by the female engagement part. In this manner a shoe-sock may be fixed to the second or another portion of the sole without the need for any adhesive to be used.

Claim (Index 23):
A footwear sole as claimed in  8 , wherein the at least one protruding additional element comprises one or more of the following:\n a dowel and the reciprocal element comprises a recess; a screw and the reciprocal element comprises a recess; a bolt and the reciprocal element comprises a nut in a recess; a male part of a snap-fastener type mechanism and the reciprocal element comprises a female part of a snap-fastener mechanism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82456
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11748429', '14665699', '13412471', '11057187', '13739094']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6938190339077833
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4557364890819598
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.670010779425201
- Mean Citation Score: 212.67029
- Max Citation Score: 215.8714
- Similarity Product: 157.57980845080613

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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