PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962146
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["441", "081000"]

Abstract:
A life ring includes a cover formed of a knitted back polyester fabric with a top vinyl coating, and a urethane foam core within the cover. The cover and the urethane foam core are formed into a ring shape. By using the noted cover material, the life ring can be manufactured without a painting step, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and improving the consistency of the finished product.

Claim (Index 6):
A method according to  claim 5 , wherein step (f) is further practiced by sewing beckets and rope to the ring cover with the cured foam without painting.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58696
- Patent Class: 441.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10137981', '12985591', '15158411', '11326179', '15079063']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.661967888897211
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4690290237383354
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6426740023813234
- Mean Citation Score: 124.95308
- Max Citation Score: 129.5436
- Similarity Product: 89.55394299345016

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test