PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16044713
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["473", "176000"]

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for a tapered flagstick according to various aspects of the present technology include a transition region disposed along the length of the flagstick that corresponds to ground level when the flagstick is positioned in a golf hole. The transition region comprises a contact zone having a surface that angled towards a center axis of the flagstick resulting in a narrowing of the diameter of the flagstick at or just above ground level. A normal line coming out of the contact zone has an angle of less than ninety degrees and generally points downward towards the ground altering the impact angle of a golf ball striking the flagstick to direct the golf ball in a more downward manner.

Claim (Index 5):
A flagstick according to  claim 3 , wherein the outer surface of the contact zone forms a generally concave curved surface between the upper section of the contact zone and the lower section of the contact zone.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73239
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10760809', '11013127', '10701177', '14309037', '11140689']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5879559823939305
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4875508616189558
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5779154703164331
- Mean Citation Score: 156.343114
- Max Citation Score: 176.78372
- Similarity Product: 124.13456645784376

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test