PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880407
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["601", "046000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein are footwear and systems for reducing foot pain or discomfort. In one aspect, an article of footwear encompasses an upper; a sole, at least one vibration device disposed within the upper, the vibration device comprising at least one vibrational element capable of delivering vibrations to a user of the footwear; a controller communicatively connected to the vibration device and configured to control operation of the one or more vibration devices based on instructions regarding operation of the vibration device; and a control unit communicatively connected to the controller and configured to transmit instructions regarding the operation of the vibration device to the controller. Also disclosed herein are methods for reducing pain and discomfort using the disclosed footwear, devices and systems.

Claim (Index 19):
The method of  claim 18 , wherein each vibration device comprises a plurality of vibrational elements;\n wherein the casing comprises interior walls defining interior sections sized and shaped to contain the plurality of vibrational elements; and wherein the casing is substantially free of open space between the interior casing walls and the plurality of vibrational elements such that substantially all of the vibrational energy emitted from the plurality of vibrational elements is transmitted through the casing to the at least one site on the user's foot.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27586
- Patent Class: 601.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15707495', '14162426', '15148258', '13426330', '11538718']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6280108152058063
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4804734289972491
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6132570765849505
- Mean Citation Score: 147.113108
- Max Citation Score: 160.54648
- Similarity Product: 108.90341790061474

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

Dataset: test