PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876186
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["102", "439000"]

Abstract:
A rifle cartridge with a bullet has desirable penetration capabilities and controlled separation of components upon terminal impact. In embodiments of the invention, the bullet comprises a forward component, a lead core, and a copper jacket. The lead jacket having a leading edge portion that extends to the cylindrical mid portion. The forward component may have a forward pointed ogive portion, a cylindrical mid portion, a mid ogive portion, and a pair of cylindrical portions separated by an annular groove. The jacket having a cannelure at the annular groove and the casing upper lip crimped into the cannelure.

Claim (Index 1):
A rifle cartridge comprising a cartridge casing with a mouth and an interior, propellant in the interior of the cartridge casing, and a bullet secured in the mouth of the cartridge casing, the bullet having a length to maximum diameter aspect ratio of 3.5:1.0 or greater, the bullet comprising:\n a forward component made of a first material, the forward component having a forward ogival portion with a forward ogival surface, the forward ogival portion terminating at a forward tip, a mid ogival portion rearward of the forward ogival portion, the mid ogival portion having a mid ogival surface, the mid ogival surface distinct from and having a different ogival curvature from that of the forward ogival surface, a mid cylindrical portion adjoining the mid ogival portion, the mid cylindrical portion having a mid cylindrical surface, and a rearward cylindrical portion distinct from and rearward of the mid cylindrical portion, the rearward cylindrical portion having a rearward cylindrical surface separated from the mid cylindrical portion by an annular recess, the forward ogival portion, the mid ogival portion, the mid cylindrical portion, and rearward cylindrical portion all unitary with one another; a jacket formed of a second metal comprising copper and defining a cup, the forward component seated in the cup, the jacket having a cannelure therein extending around the jacket and positioned adjacent the annular recess; a lead core positioned rearwardly of the jacket; the casing having a forward lip positioned at the cannelure in the jacket.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84746
- Patent Class: 102.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15219012', '15866153', '15870769', '10872221', '14216421']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.766211747599702
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5332870585681393
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7429192786965457
- Mean Citation Score: 322.72464599999995
- Max Citation Score: 396.59833
- Similarity Product: 286.8177466494459

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