PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16226425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["473", "307000"]

Abstract:
The invention is an alternative fitting system for golf clubs including a adapted production head with a threaded hosel and a shaft sleeve adapter and a compression nut. The shaft sleeve adapter is permanently adhered to a golf club shaft. The compression nut holds together the shaft sleeve adapter and the threaded hosel of the club head. Alignment notches on the threaded hosel and alignment features on the shaft sleeve adapter prevent unwanted rotation. Furthermore, some embodiments of the shaft sleeve adapter comprise an angled bore hole, which allows for various loft and lie configurations.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of fitting a golfer comprising:\n providing a plurality of modified production golf club heads;\n wherein the plurality of the modified production golf club heads comprises club heads of different lofts; \n wherein each club head of the plurality of modified production golf club heads comprises one or more alignment notches and an external threaded portion; \n wherein one of the plurality of modified production club heads is configured to have a first lie angle and a first loft angle, resulting in a first club head; \n wherein one of the plurality of modified production club heads is configured to have a second lie angle and a second loft angle, resulting in a second club head; \n providing a plurality of modified shafts;\n wherein each shaft of the plurality of modified shafts comprises a compression nut slidably engaged with each shaft and a shaft sleeve adaptor secured to a tip end of each shaft; \n wherein each shaft sleeve adaptor comprises one or more alignment features; \n wherein each compression nut comprises an internal threaded portion; \n wherein one of the plurality of modified shafts is configured to have a first stiffness value, resulting in a first shaft; \n wherein one of the plurality of modified shafts is configured to have a second stiffness value, resulting in a second shaft; \n assembling a first golf club from the first club head and the first shaft; \n having the golfer swing the first golf club to impact a golf ball; \n assembling a second golf club from the first club head and the second shaft; \n having the golfer swing the second golf club to impact a golf ball; \n assembling a third golf club from the second club head and the first shaft; \n having the golfer swing the third golf club to impact a golf ball; \n assembling a fourth golf club from the second club head and the second shaft; and \n determining whether the first, second, third, or fourth golf club is suitable for the golfer's swing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85455
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14278027', '15708006', '13408018', '15882945', '13544037']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6816682482904541
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5100142574151507
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6645028492029239
- Mean Citation Score: 310.4522120000001
- Max Citation Score: 318.3016
- Similarity Product: 254.5319466958046

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