PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915469
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["002", "236000"]

Abstract:
A waistband for an article of apparel comprising at least one embroidery tunnel is provided. The waistband comprises at least one cord comprising a first and second end affixed to the waistband, and an intervening portion movably coupled to the waistband with stitches that form the embroidery tunnel, the embroidery tunnel configured to distribute a tensioning force applied to the cord across at least a portion of the waistband. The embroidery tunnel forms a series of parallel courses across the waistband, with the cord able to move freely within the embroidery tunnel.

Claim (Index 17):
A method of forming an article of apparel, the method comprising:\n movably coupling a continuous cord comprising a first end, a second end, and an intervening portion to an outer surface of a waistband using stitching,\n the stitching forming an embroidery tunnel on the outer surface of the waistband, \n the embroidery tunnel formed to provide a plurality of substantially parallel courses on the outer surface of the waistband, and \n the embroidery tunnel formed to provide a plurality of turns that interconnect the plurality of substantially parallel courses, and \n wherein at least a portion of the continuous cord is movable through the embroidery tunnel in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the embroidery tunnel, such that the continuous cord is moveable through both the plurality of substantially parallel courses and the plurality of turns; and \n attaching the waistband to a textile formed to define a pelvic portion and a pair of leg portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14657549', '15454254', '11079577', '14469039', '13184715']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6311139444960112
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6587460544348281
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6338771554898929
- Mean Citation Score: 308.585368
- Max Citation Score: 672.8963
- Similarity Product: 638.3133167167426

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