PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112971
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["473", "165000"]

Abstract:
Low compression, multi-piece golf balls containing a solid core and two or three-layered cover assemblies are provided. Preferably, the ball has a compression of less than 60 and more preferably less than 50. At least one cover layer is made of a plasticized thermoplastic composition. For example, two-layered and three-layered covers may be made. Preferably, the plasticized thermoplastic composition comprises: a) ethylene acid copolymer, b) plasticizer, and c) cation source. A fatty acid ester such as ethyl oleate or butyl oleate is preferably used as the plasticizer. The cover assembly has good impact durability and helps provide the ball with relatively high resiliency at given compressions.

Claim (Index 7):
A golf ball, comprising:\n i) an inner core; ii) an outer core layer comprising a thermoplastic material, the outer core layer being disposed about the inner core and having a Shore D midpoint hardness in the range of about 40 to about 70, the thermoplastic material comprising:\n a) an acid copolymer of ethylene and an \u03b1,\u03b2-unsaturated carboxylic acid, optionally including a softening monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl acrylates and methacrylates; \n b) a plasticizer; and \n c) a cation source present in an amount sufficient to neutralize from about 0 to about 100% of all acid groups present in the material; and \n iii) an inner cover layer disposed about the outer core layer, and iv) an outer cover layer disposed about the inner cover layer, wherein the ball has a compression of less than 60.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.55696
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15480727', '14619231', '15467020', '14511221', '14527857']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7433609292665332
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5876638155262862
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7277912178925084
- Mean Citation Score: 508.29454
- Max Citation Score: 524.8772
- Similarity Product: 459.727691531086

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