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 17):
A card comprising:\n a metal layer having a top surface and a bottom surface extending parallel to each other; a first region cut out in said top surface of said metal layer, said first region having a first depth, a first perimeter and a first area; an integrated circuit (IC) module snugly secured within the first cut out region, said IC module having contacts positioned along the top surface of the metal layer and configured to communicate using RF transmission to enable contactless operation; a second cut out region extending from said bottom surface of said metal layer until the first depth from the top surface, said second cut out region extending vertically below the first cut out region and generally in a symmetrical manner with respect to the first cut out region, said second cut out region having a second area and a second perimeter greater than the first area and the second perimeter; and a plug formed of non RF impeding material snugly secured within said second cut out region; 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): 0.5538556159060559
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5161632794913891
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5500863822645893
- Mean Citation Score: 262.18212800000003
- Max Citation Score: 347.71625
- Similarity Product: 326.03198464125387

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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