PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045356
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["473", "478000"]

Abstract:
A lazy ball game includes a net for receiving balls thrown toward the net which has a far end raised to a higher elevation and a near end at a generally lower elevation. Within the net are spaced targets at which the balls are aimed to score points. Thrown objects return to the thrower so that the ball is retrievable while remaining seated or stationary. The game set also generally includes net support means to maintain the net in a preferred playing position, usually with the far end elevated higher than the near end. The invention further involves a method of using the game set and any desired accessories, such as lawn chairs, to play a game themed as “Lazy Ball”, in which players alternate throwing balls at the targets and scoring points until a winning score is reached.

Claim (Index 2):
A game set as set forth in  claim 1  wherein the game set further includes rules of play wherein the rules of play provide that the objective of the game is to throw balls or objects at the targets within the net to score points, a first target has a predetermined high point value, correlating to a high degree of difficulty, a second target has a middling value correlating to a middling degree of difficulty, a third target has a low value correlating to a low degree of difficulty, with the option of additional or less targets included correlating in value to other gradations of difficulty, wherein the rules provide for the game to be played by one or more separate players or sides, in a succession of rounds, until one player or side reaches a predetermined winning score exactly at the predetermined winning score, the rules further provide that only one player or side can score points in any one round of play and each round of play consists of each person throwing 3 balls or objects, only like point numbers cancel each other out, and the rules further provide that the highest value pointer prevails in scoring in any particular round.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.70455
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13227859', '14340759', '11160843', '10087378', '12449998']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6507125463310673
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4865998912099378
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6343012808189544
- Mean Citation Score: 196.448466
- Max Citation Score: 203.82765
- Similarity Product: 144.16981320022344

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

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