PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875310
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["473", "157000"]

Abstract:
A golf putting game using a mat is shown and described. The mat is visually demarcated into a center penalty zone, two surrounding penalty zones, and two outermost reward zones, with a simulated hole in the center penalty zone. In a first phase of play, players attempt to propel golf balls across nearly the entire mat, from one outermost reward zone towards an opposed reward zone. Success elicits point awards. After a predetermined number of award points is attained, each player attempts to propel a golf ball into the simulated hole. Failure results in deductions from previously accumulated awards. That player having the highest score after deductions may be declared the winner.

Claim (Index 7):
A method of playing a putting game using a mat visually demarcating a proximal penalty area in a center of the mat, a target in the proximal penalty area, a first distal penalty area and a second distal penalty area, wherein the first distal penalty area and the second distal penalty area collectively sandwich the first distal penalty area therebetween, and a first ball reception region and a second ball reception region, wherein the first ball reception region and the second ball reception region collectively sandwich the first distal penalty area, the proximal penalty area, the target, and the second distal penalty area therebetween, and the first ball reception region of a first player serves as a starting area for a second player, and the second ball reception region of the second player serves as a starting area for the first player, the method comprising:\n in a first phase of the putting game, having the first player place a golf ball in the starting area for the first player and using a putter, propel the golf ball towards the first ball reception area; awarding the first player a positive score upon propelling the golf ball into the first ball reception area; having the second player place a golf ball in the starting area for the second player and using a putter, propel the golf ball towards the second ball reception area; awarding the second player a positive score upon propelling the golf ball into the second ball reception area; and in a second phase of the putting game, for each player, upon a player cumulatively attaining at least a minimum predetermined score in said first phase, the player may attempt to propel a respective golf ball from his (her) respective starting area to the target.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.64474
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13023731', '13172418', '13804899', '11908203', '14281327']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6088935204589789
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4938176906376754
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5973859374768486
- Mean Citation Score: 170.17577
- Max Citation Score: 201.5388
- Similarity Product: 127.6457551541805

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