PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979117
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["264", "001370"]

Abstract:
Promotional items with enhanced advertising messaging. More specifically, embodiments are directed to a metallic-finished promotional item with a laser-engraved message that is illuminated or backlit by incorporating a light source into the promotional item. The light source acts to illuminate or brighten the laser-engraved message when the light source is powered on. Furthermore, according to embodiments, when the light source is not in use, the laser-engraved message remains appealing, hereinafter referred to “daylight appeal”, due to its enhanced contrast with the surrounding metallic finish.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for forming a backlitable, laser-engraved metalized item, the method comprising:\n forming a hollow or partially filled rigid body from a plastic material; forming a metalized surface on an outer surface of the rigid body by:\n coating an outer surface of the plastic material with a resin coating, and curing the resin coating, \n depositing a material containing metal over the resin coating(s), and \n coating a pigmented resin over the metal material, and curing the pigmented resin; \n laser-engraving a portion of the metalized surface by ablating the pigmented resin, metal material, and a portion of the resin coating(s) such that the plastic material of rigid body is viewable therethrough; and positioning a light source within the rigid body, the light source being shiftable between an unpowered configuration and a powered configuration in which light is transmitted from the light source and through the laser-engravings, thereby illuminating the laser-engravings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68421
- Patent Class: 264.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15353007', '11406145', '10634604', '14877851', '14948691']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7571671521373842
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5555222388490222
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.737002660808548
- Mean Citation Score: 186.7841024
- Max Citation Score: 430.0233
- Similarity Product: 346.2967370862723

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