PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16169782
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["428", "041700"]

Abstract:
A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen.

Claim (Index 2):
A shield for protecting a touch screen that defines an active area disposed within an inactive area, the shield comprising:\n a base layer having a shape that corresponds to the touch screen, the base layer defining opposing first and second sides; an annular layer attached to the second side of the base layer, the annular layer having a shape that corresponds to the inactive area of the touch screen and that defines a central portion of the shield that corresponds to the active area of the touch screen, the annular layer having a first surface attached to the second side of the base layer and an opposing second surface; a first adhesive layer disposed on the second surface of the annular layer; wherein the base layer, the annular layer, and the first adhesive layer are configured to attach the shield to the touch screen without adhering the central portion of the shield to the active area of the touch screen and so that the active area of the touch screen is visible through the central portion of the base layer, and wherein the first surface of the annular layer comprises a pattern.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78689
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13186690', '14599176', '13838311', '14642406', '12780443']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9166613281094368
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5287136176869445
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8778665570671875
- Mean Citation Score: 357.436618
- Max Citation Score: 369.8105
- Similarity Product: 333.3973642241656

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

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