PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862416
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["473", "346000"]

Abstract:
A ball striking device includes a ball striking plate having a front surface configured to strike a ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The ball striking plate has a desired-contact region and a perimeter. One or more spoke-like reinforcement ribs may be located on the rear surface and may radiate away from the desired-contact region toward the perimeter. At least one of the spoke-like reinforcement ribs may be located in an upper-toe quadrant or in an upper-heel quadrant of the rear surface. One or more encircling reinforcement ribs may be located on the rear surface. The one or more encircling reinforcement ribs may be at least partially encircling the desired-contact region. A thickened portion of the ball striking plate may be positioned behind the desired-contact region of the ball striking plate. The ball striking device may be a golf club head.

Claim (Index 34):
A ball striking device comprising:\n a ball striking plate having a front surface configured to strike a ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, the ball striking plate having a desired-contact region and a perimeter; a thickened portion of the ball striking plate, the thickened portion including an elevated area on the rear surface of the ball striking plate positioned behind the desired-contact region of the ball striking plate; a plurality of reinforcement ribs located on the rear surface, the plurality of reinforcement ribs including at least one of a spoke-like reinforcement rib extending away from the desired-contact region and at least three encircling reinforcement ribs at least partially encircling the thickened portion; wherein a spacing from one another among the at least three encircling reinforcement ribs increases as a distance from the desired-contact region increases; and wherein the thickened portion comprises a plurality of lobes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71429
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13905803', '14918254', '13800157', '14926930', '14497826']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.69986372744696
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5906910961946421
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6889464643217282
- Mean Citation Score: 379.5764
- Max Citation Score: 503.96097
- Similarity Product: 472.56854382609146

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

Dataset: test