PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053371
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["036", "029000"]

Abstract:
An article of footwear is disclosed that comprises a sole structure having a bladder element that includes multiple cushioning components. Each cushioning component includes an enclosed fluid-filled cavity. The cushioning components may include a first cushioning component and a second cushioning component. The first cushioning component has a single central opening extending completely therethrough, and a continuous fluid-filled cavity surrounding the central opening. The second cushioning component has multiple connecting features positioned inward of an outer periphery of the second cushioning component. The connecting features connect a first side of the second cushioning component to a second side of the second cushioning component opposite the first side. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear with such cushioning components is disclosed.

Claim (Index 5):
The method of  claim 4 , wherein connecting the tether element is by adhesive bonding or thermal bonding of the tether element to the inner surface of the first polymeric sheet and to the inner surface of the second polymeric sheet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26316
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14931287', '15685261', '14931280', '15093104', '14179956']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7018166502708807
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4870515999939264
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6803401452431853
- Mean Citation Score: 258.38142600000003
- Max Citation Score: 306.8353
- Similarity Product: 194.1562648044348

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