PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927395
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["036", "103000"]

Abstract:
Ground-engaging components for articles of footwear include: (a) an outer perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an outer perimeter of the ground-engaging component; and (b) an inner perimeter boundary rim that at least partially defines an inner perimeter of the ground-engaging component, wherein an open space is defined between a lateral side portion of the inner perimeter boundary rim and a medial side portion of the inner perimeter boundary rim.

Claim (Index 30):
An article of footwear having a longitudinal direction and a longitudinal length L extending from a rearmost heel location of the article of footwear to a forwardmost toe location of the article of footwear, the article of footwear comprising:\n an upper; a midsole engaged with the upper; a ground engaging component engaged with the midsole, the ground engaging component including:\n a lateral side forefoot support area, \n an anterior forefoot support area, \n a medial side forefoot support area, \n an outer perimeter boundary rim connecting the lateral side forefoot support area, the anterior forefoot support area, and the medial side forefoot support area and defining an outer perimeter of the ground engaging component, \n an inner perimeter boundary rim connecting the lateral side forefoot support area, the anterior forefoot support area, and the medial side forefoot support area and defining an inner perimeter of the ground engaging component, wherein an open space is defined between the inner perimeter boundary rim at the lateral side forefoot support area and the inner perimeter boundary rim at the medial side forefoot support area, and wherein an overall width dimension of the ground engaging component from the outer perimeter boundary rim to the inner perimeter boundary rim around at least 95% of an outer perimeter of the ground engaging component is no more than 1.5 inches, \n a first cleat support area formed in the ground engaging component and located at the lateral side forefoot support area, wherein the first cleat support area includes a first plurality of secondary traction elements formed as plural sharp points surrounding a first primary cleat mount area, \n a second cleat support area formed in the ground engaging component and located forward of the first cleat support area, wherein the second cleat support area includes a second plurality of secondary traction elements formed as plural sharp points surrounding a second primary cleat mount area, \n a third cleat support area formed in the ground engaging component and located at the medial side forefoot support area, wherein the third cleat support area includes a third plurality of secondary traction elements formed as plural sharp points surrounding a third primary cleat mount area, and \n a fourth cleat support area formed in the ground engaging component and located forward of the third cleat support area, wherein the fourth cleat support area includes a fourth plurality of secondary traction elements formed as plural sharp points surrounding a fourth primary cleat mount area, \n a first free end connecting the outer perimeter boundary rim and the inner perimeter boundary rim, wherein the first free end is located at a lateral side of the ground engaging component, wherein a rearmost extent of the first free end is located between planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and located at 0.275 L and 0.6 L measured forward from the rearmost heel location, and \n a second free end connecting the outer perimeter boundary rim and the inner perimeter boundary rim, wherein the second free end is located at a medial side of the ground engaging component, wherein the first free end is located more posterior than is the second free end, and wherein a rearmost extent of the second free end is located between planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and located at 0.4 L and 0.65 L measured forward from the rearmost heel location; \n a plurality of track spikes engaged with the ground engaging component, wherein the plurality of track spikes includes:\n a first track spike engaged at the first primary cleat mount area, wherein the first track spike is located between planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and located at 0.5 L and 0.75 L measured forward from the rearmost heel location, \n a second track spike engaged at the second primary cleat mount area, wherein the second track spike is located between planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and located at 0.62 L and 0.88 L measured forward from the rearmost heel location, \n a third track spike engaged at the third primary cleat mount area, wherein the third track spike is located between planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and located at 0.57 L and 0.84 L measured forward from the rearmost heel location, and \n a fourth track spike engaged at the fourth primary cleat mount area, wherein the fourth track spike is located between planes perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear and located at 0.75 L and 0.96 L measured forward from the rearmost heel location; and \n a heel component including plural ground-engaging traction elements extending from a bottom surface thereof, wherein the heel component is engaged with the midsole at least at a lateral, rear heel support area of the midsole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14159078', '14877434', '15001788', '15211268', '14691792']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7036224523386068
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4762413725062305
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6808843443553692
- Mean Citation Score: 312.382468
- Max Citation Score: 316.254
- Similarity Product: 270.50262409186365

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

Dataset: test