PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879979
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["036", "05900C"]

Abstract:
A polymeric outsole for an article of footwear comprises: an outsole body and a tread pattern that comprises a plurality of cleats and channels between the cleats; and one or more tread ribs projecting from the outsole body. The tread ribs project a first distance from the outsole body that is shorter than a second distance that the cleats of the tread pattern project from the outsole body. The tread ribs are effective as wear indicators to indicate remaining useful life of the cleats. During a first duration of wear, the tread ribs are not in contact with a ground surface while the cleats are in contact with the ground surface, and during a second duration of wear, both the tread ribs and the cleats are in contact with the ground surface.

Claim (Index 14):
A polymeric outsole for an article of footwear comprising:\n an outsole body and a tread pattern that comprises a plurality of projecting features and channels between the projecting features; and a first tread rib adjacent to a first projecting feature selected from the group consisting of: a toe, a heel strike, and a cleat; the first tread rib being in a first channel of the outsole body and protruding a first distance from the outsole body that is shorter than a second distance that the first projecting feature protrudes from the outsole body; wherein the first tread rib is effective as a wear indicator to indicate remaining useful life of the first projecting feature whereby during a first duration of wear, the first tread rib is not in contact with a ground surface while the first projecting feature is in contact with the ground surface, and during a second duration of wear, both the first tread rib and the first projecting feature are in contact with the ground surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38983
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14141996', '11676159', '12960749', '13017224', '14694605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6739400421518261
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4622159688902923
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6527676348256728
- Mean Citation Score: 231.90089
- Max Citation Score: 234.10336
- Similarity Product: 162.89477061111455

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