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 1):
A card having a card length, a card width, and a card thickness, the card comprising:\n a metal layer having a top surface and a bottom surface extending parallel to each other; an opening in said metal layer (a) extending from said top surface to said bottom surface or (b) defined by a first region cut out region in said top surface of said metal layer and a second cut out region extending from said bottom surface of said metal layer and extending vertically below the first cut out region and generally in a symmetrical manner with respect to the first cut out region; an integrated circuit (IC) module having a depth D 1 , a first area, and a first perimeter disposed within the opening or the first cut out region, the 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 plug comprising non-RF-impeding material disposed within said opening or said second cut out region, the plug having a second area and a second perimeter which are equal to or greater than the first area and the first perimeter, respectively; a ferrite layer disposed below the metal layer; a vertical hole in the plug and extending through the ferrite layer, the vertical hole having a third area and a third perimeter less than the first area and the first perimeter, 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): 0.5537401836884235
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5155745440908315
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5499236197286643
- Mean Citation Score: 262.18212800000003
- Max Citation Score: 347.71625
- Similarity Product: 336.9339103984087

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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