PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15876795
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["036", "02500R"]

Abstract:
An ultra-lightweight sole plate assembly can include a ground engaging outer shell, a structural component, and one or more cleat members. A method of making the outer shell includes thermoforming a foil material such as polyamide. Thermoforming the foil includes applying vacuum to the foil material. Excess foil material can be trimmed from the outer shell. The structural component can be made by injecting a molding material onto the outer shell. The cleat members can be co-molded with the shell during forming of the structural component. The resulting sole plate assembly has a reduced weight with the desired traction, strength and durability.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of forming an article of footwear having a sole structure, the method comprising:\n forming an outer shell having a first protruding portion extending from a first ground-contacting surface of the outer shell and a second protruding portion extending from the first ground-contacting surface of the outer shell; positioning a structural component within the outer shell, the structural component extending into the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion; providing a first cleat member including a top surface in direct contact with the structural component and a bottom surface disposed on an opposite side of the first cleat member than the top surface and forming a second ground-contacting surface, the first cleat member in contact with the first protruding portion and contained within a wall defined by the first protruding portion such that a distal end of the first protruding portion is flush with the second ground-contacting surface of the first cleat member; and providing a second cleat member forming a third ground-contacting surface, the second cleat member in contact with the structural component at the second protruding portion and spaced apart from the second protruding portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86667
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13487962', '15443230', '13528306', '13009549', '12615975']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.620310605498433
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4351612438863171
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6017956693372214
- Mean Citation Score: 186.897324
- Max Citation Score: 198.77979
- Similarity Product: 175.57670406109568

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

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