PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967634
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["084", "422400"]

Abstract:
A percussive instrument mallet includes a molded head, a shaft having an optionally threaded nose, and a rigid insert fixed completely within the head. The insert has an inner profile including threads or other protrusions that mate with the nose of the shaft, and an outer profile that is embedded in the mold material. An outer portion of the insert includes a weighting ring that is also embedded in the mold material. The method includes selecting a tool with an optionally threaded nose and a central bore, threading or otherwise securing an insert onto the nose of the tool, supporting a weight ring on the insert; placing the threaded insert and weight ring in a mold, molding the head while over-molding the weight ring and insert, drawing air out of the head through the central bore, disengaging the tool from the insert, and attaching a mallet shaft into the insert.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 18 , wherein\n the insert defines an interior with a threaded region that is recessed relative to an upper seal surface at a distal portion of the interior and a lower seal surface at a proximal portion of the interior; and the nose of the tool is placed within the insert by insertion with clearance between the nose and the threads, creating an interference fit between the nose and the respective seal surfaces on the insert.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27778
- Patent Class: 84.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13568769', '15881430', '15954428', '14717864', '15374723']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5716960358084288
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4982279712394511
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.564349229351531
- Mean Citation Score: 161.271908
- Max Citation Score: 165.97333
- Similarity Product: 94.2314136653602

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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