PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15960843
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["473", "383000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a golf ball having a non-planar parting line about non-circular dimples on its spherical surface. The parting line comprises non-concentric arcs having straight connecting line segments between the arcs. Each arc maintains a tangency with its connecting lines and a relief distance greater than or equal to 0.003 inches when measured from an average non-circular dimple diameter to one of the non-concentric arcs and an absolute relief distance of at least 0.001 inches when measured from all points on the non-circular dimple perimeter to one of the non-concentric arcs. The sum of the lengths of the non-concentric arcs relates to the sum of the straight connecting line segments according to the equation: (0.15)Σ L ARCS ≤ΣL LINES ≤(0.50)Σ L ARCS .

Claim (Index 1):
A golf ball having a non-planar parting line and comprising a plurality of non-circular dimples located adjacent to the parting line, wherein the parting line consists of a plurality of arcs and a plurality of straight line segments, and wherein:\n each arc that is connected at an end to a straight line segment maintains a tangency with the straight line segment; each arc that is connected at an end to another arc maintains a tangency with the arc; the plurality of non-circular dimples located adjacent to the parting line includes non-circular dimples that have an average dimple diameter that intersects the non-planar parting line; each non-circular dimple located adjacent to the parting line has an absolute relief distance, measured as the shortest distance from the parting line to the perimeter of the dimple, of 0.005 inches or less; and the sum of the lengths of the arcs relates to the sum of the straight line segments according to the equation:\n (0.15)\u03a3 L ARCS \u2264\u03a3L LINES \u2264(0.50)\u03a3 L ARCS .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81579
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15592262', '14929500', '13625109', '12755605', '15726615']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6965471029821682
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6250652484617907
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6893989175301304
- Mean Citation Score: 516.6999139999998
- Max Citation Score: 617.48926
- Similarity Product: 521.6807612914109

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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