PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16021129
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["473", "373000"]

Abstract:
Multi-layered golf balls having a dual-layered core and cover of at least one layer are provided. The dual-core construction includes a non-foamed inner core (center) made of a thermoplastic or thermoset composition such as polybutadiene rubber. An outer core layer comprising a foamed composition, such as polyurethane foam, is disposed about the inner core. In one version, the foamed outer core layer is made of a relatively soft foam composition having low flex modulus and density. The foamed outer core layer may specific gravity gradient within the layer, wherein the outer surface specific gravity is greater than the midpoint specific gravity. A cover may be disposed about the core structure. For example, an inner cover made of ethylene acid copolymer ionomer and outer cover made of polyurethane may be used.

Claim (Index 1):
A multi-layered golf ball, comprising:\n i) an inner core layer comprising a non-foamed thermoset or thermoplastic composition, the inner core having a specific gravity (SG inner ) and an outer surface hardness (H inner core surface ) and a center hardness (H inner core center ), the H inner core surface  being the same or less than the H inner core center  to provide a zero or negative hardness gradient in the inner core; ii) an outer core layer comprising a foamed composition, the outer core having a specific gravity (SG outer ) and an outer surface hardness (H outer surface of OC ) and a midpoint hardness (H midpoint of OC ), the H outer surface of OC  being greater than the H midpoint of OC , to provide a positive hardness gradient in the outer core; and wherein the SG inner  is greater than the SG outer , the outer core layer further having a specific gravity gradient, wherein the outer core layer has an outer surface specific gravity and a midpoint specific gravity, the outer surface specific gravity being greater than the midpoint specific gravity, the inner core and outer core layer forming a core assembly, the H outer surface of OC  being greater than the H inner core center  to provide a positive hardness gradient across the core assembly; and iii) a cover having at least one layer disposed about the multi-layered core.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15367512', '15071381', '14101431', '15830091', '15140613']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6785395405179028
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5701420489673961
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6676997913628521
- Mean Citation Score: 435.91765
- Max Citation Score: 454.4692
- Similarity Product: 416.7696814335346

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

Dataset: test