PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16407533
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "278000"]

Abstract:
A portable golf practice swing surface is provided. The portable golf practice swing surface has a base for receiving a segment of real sod. A securing strip secures the sod to the base, for example, along three of the exterior edges of the top of the sod. A plurality of securing devices, such as screws, then secure the securing strip to the base, therein locking the sod to the base. In an embodiment the securing strip has a plurality of teeth for better gripping the sod. The device allows a user to practice a golf swing on real grass and further allows the grass to be changed for fresh grass once worn. A rotatable handle may be provided which allows for the easy movement of the portable golf practice swing surface.

Claim (Index 14):
A method for securing sod to a portable surface for practicing a golf swing comprising the steps of:\n providing a base unit having a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top surface and a bottom surface and wherein the top surface of the base unit is capable of receiving a piece of sod; providing a securing strip wherein the securing strip is capable of securing the sod to the top surface of the base unit wherein the securing strip has a first edge, a second edge and a third edge and wherein the third edge partially is inserted into the sod to secure the sod to the top of the base unit and wherein the second edge of the securing strip is the top surface of the securing strip; and placing a strip of sod on the base unit and securing the securing strip over a portion of the sod so that the securing strip grasps and secures a portion of the sod between the securing strip and the base unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23438
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10934008', '11070320', '11846522', '13715570', '11428807']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6186465246888861
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4908989502417236
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6058717672441699
- Mean Citation Score: 188.938988
- Max Citation Score: 203.69635
- Similarity Product: 133.88442560940686

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

Dataset: test