PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15780017
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["036", "02500R"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to an item of footwear in which is provided a mid-sole ( 10 ) with features that provide comfort to the wearer when walking. An item of footwear comprising: a sole ( 1 ) comprising a mid-sole ( 10 ), the mid-sole having a first major surface ( 11 ) for facing the foot of a wearer, a second major surface ( 12 ) opposite the first, the mid-sole ( 10 ) having an inner edge ( 13 ) corresponding to the inside of a wearer's foot and an outer edge ( 14 ) corresponding to the outside of a wearer's foot; and a securing means for securing the item of footwear to a foot of a wearer such that the first surface ( 11 ) of the sole ( 1 ) contacts the foot, wherein: the mid-sole ( 10 ) has formed therein a plurality of generally transverse grooves ( 20 ) and a generally longitudinal primary groove ( 30 a ), thereby dividing the sole ( 1 ) into an array of lands ( 50 ); and the primary groove ( 30 a ) is substantially parallel to the outer edge ( 14 ) of the sole ( 1 ) over a majority of the length of the sole ( 1 ) and defines with  15  the transverse grooves ( 20 ) a plurality of lands ( 50 ).

Claim (Index 3):
The item of footwear of  claim 1  wherein the plurality of generally transverse grooves are arcuate when viewed in plan view with their outer portions, nearer to the inner and outer edges of the mid sole being rearward of their central portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.90588
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13847281', '14609828', '13186233', '15425600', '14710381']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6974320484613662
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4576395690669541
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.673452800521925
- Mean Citation Score: 222.894726
- Max Citation Score: 228.74286
- Similarity Product: 170.67624341390845

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

Dataset: test