PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15976612
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["235", "492000"]

Abstract:
A card having a metal layer and an opening or cut-out region in the metal layer, with a dual-interface integrated circuit (IC) module disposed in the opening or cut-out region. A ferrite layer is disposed below the metal layer and a booster antenna is attached to the ferrite layer. A vertical hole extends beneath the IC module through the ferrite layer. The booster antenna may be physically connected to the IC module or may be configured to inductively couple to the IC module. In some embodiments, the IC may be disposed in or on a non-conductive plug disposed within the opening or cut-out region, or the vertical hole may have a non-conductive lining, or a connector may be disposed between the booster antenna and the IC module in the vertical hole.

Claim (Index 14):
A metal smart card with dual interface capability comprising:\n a metal layer of thickness D having a top surface and a bottom surface extending parallel to each other, the top surface defining a horizontal plane; an integrated circuit (IC) module having a top region with contacts configured for physical contact with a card reader, said IC module also configured for contactless radio frequency (RF) communication with a card reader, said IC module having a first periphery, a first area, and a thickness D 1 , wherein D 1  is less than D; a plug of non-RF-impeding material having a second periphery and a second area which are equal to or greater than the first periphery and a first area, respectively; an opening in said metal layer extending for a full thickness of said metal layer, said IC module mounted on said plug disposed in said opening, said IC module and said plug extending in the vertical direction between the top and bottom surfaces of the metal layer, with the contacts of the IC module positioned along the same horizontal plane as the top surface of the metal layer, the opening in the metal layer having a first region at and just below the top surface for accommodating the IC module and a second region below the first region which extends until the bottom surface of the metal layer, the opening in the first region having lateral dimensions nominally equal to but slightly greater than the first area and the fist periphery for a depth nominally equal to but slightly greater than D 1  and the second region having a second area and a second periphery for a depth of a remaining thickness of the card beneath the first region, wherein the IC module fits in and fills the opening in the first region and the plug fits in and fills the opening in the second region, wherein the second area and the second periphery are respectively greater than the first area and the first periphery; and a masking layer disposed over the top metal surface and any exposed portion of the plug; a ferrite layer disposed below the metal layer; a vertical hole formed in the plug and through the ferrite layer, the vertical hole having a third area and a third periphery less than the first area and the first periphery, respectively; and a booster antenna attached to the ferrite layer for enhancing RF transmission with the IC module.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53571
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14793963', '15742813', '13756631', '14977553', '15072356']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5538413877585328
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5160908005232302
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5500663290350025
- Mean Citation Score: 262.18212800000003
- Max Citation Score: 347.71625
- Similarity Product: 327.3746449386329

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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