PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16371334
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["473", "342000"]

Abstract:
A golf club head having elevated internal weighting that improves ball speed, reduces backspin, and increases launch angle is disclosed herein. In particular, the golf club head comprises a hollow body with a face, sole, and elevated weight bar, which is disposed inside the body and is fixed to heel and toe sides of the body, preferably with mechanical fasteners such as screws or bolts. The weight bar bridges a central portion of the sole, and a central section of the weight bar, which preferably comprises at least 50% of the overall mass of the weight bar, extends towards the face without actually making contact with the face. The sole also includes at least one slot extending perpendicular to the face and underneath the central section of the weight bar, the slot having a front-to-back length that is greater than a maximum front-to-back length of the weight bar.

Claim (Index 12):
A driver-type golf club head comprising:\n a metal body comprising a sole, a hosel, a heel side, a toe side, a rear side, a face portion, a return portion extending away from the face portion towards the rear side, an upper opening, and a hollow interior; a bar comprising a first end, a second end, a heel support section proximate the first end, a toe support section proximate the second end, and a central section between the heel support section and the toe support section; and a composite crown affixed to the body to cover the upper opening, wherein the face portion comprises an interior surface facing the hollow interior and an exterior striking surface, wherein the bar is disposed within the hollow interior proximate the interior surface of the face, wherein the first end of the bar is connected to the heel side and the second end of the weight bar is connected to the toe side, wherein the central section bridges at least a central portion of the sole, wherein the bar is manufactured separately from the body and is mechanically affixed to the body, wherein the sole comprises at least one slot extending perpendicular to the striking face, wherein the at least one slot comprises a face-most end that is located no more than 0.75 inch from the interior surface of the face, and wherein the at least one slot has a front-to-back length that is greater than a maximum front-to-back length of the bar.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02469
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15285712', '16139978', '15724468', '13788173', '15622267']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6792624998265376
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5838414208826279
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6697203919321467
- Mean Citation Score: 449.50459200000006
- Max Citation Score: 496.71713
- Similarity Product: 432.2796815566612

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

Dataset: test