PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16029415
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "340000"]

Abstract:
Putters include a putter body having a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic. A cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and plural openings are defined in the ball striking face member extending rearward with respect to the ball striking face member and into the cavity. A polymeric material at least partially fills the openings and the cavity, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic. The ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter. The ball striking surface may include grooves or scorelines to affect the launch angle, spin, and/or roll of the ball during a putt. Methods for making such putter devices also are described.

Claim (Index 2):
A golf club head according to  claim 1 , wherein the ball striking face further comprises an exposed ball striking surface, and\n wherein the exposed ball striking surface further includes a plurality of grooves.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21429
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15268873', '14167482', '13657546', '12780786', '12467812']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7474237371755031
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.545784875821489
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7272598510401017
- Mean Citation Score: 415.971158
- Max Citation Score: 425.43536
- Similarity Product: 320.67056978754044

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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