PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15917957
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["473", "604000"]

Abstract:
A sports ball including a plurality of specifically-configured panels bonded together along their abutting edges, and bonded with a carcass on the inner surface of the panels by an adhesive. The carcass surrounds the entire surface of a hanging or suspended elastic bladder that is not fixedly attached to the carcass. The panels include a casing that forms an exterior surface of the ball, and at least one lining layer to give structure, strength and softness to the ball.

Claim (Index 11):
A sports ball comprising:\n a valve having a double-lock mechanism a hanging or suspended inflatable bladder attached to the valve; a fabric carcass surrounding the hanging or suspended inflatable bladder and attached to the valve, wherein the inflatable bladder is not fixedly attached to the carcass; and a plurality of panels communicative with one another along edges of the panels; wherein each panel comprises a casing layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, a first lining layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, and a second lining layer having an outer surface and an inner surface; wherein the outer surface of the casing layer forms an exterior surface of the sports ball; wherein the double-lock mechanism of the valve comprises an aperture at a bottom of a valve heart of the valve and an aperture at a bottom of a U-shaped structure of the valve; wherein the inner surface of the casing layer is communicative with the outer surface of the first lining layer; wherein the inner surface of the first lining layer is communicative with an outer surface of the second lining layer; wherein the inner surface of the second lining layer is communicative with an outer surface of the carcass; wherein the first lining layer comprises a plurality of perforations forming a perforated perimeter line at a position between from approximately 2 to approximately 4 mm inside from and parallel to the perimeter edge of the first lining layer; wherein the second lining layer comprises:\n a plurality of perforations forming a perforated perimeter line at a position between from approximately 2 to approximately 4 mm inside from and parallel to the perimeter edge of the second lining layer; and \n a plurality apertures therethrough; and \n wherein any one of the plurality of apertures is positioned between from approximately 15 to approximately 25 mm from a respective vertex or corner; \n wherein each panel comprises the casing layer of greater surface area than the first lining layer, and the first lining layer of greater surface area than the second lining layer; wherein the first lining layer is co-located with the casing layer such that a center of each is aligned with one another, and a width of a first peripheral area of the panel is defined by a generally uniform difference between a perimeter of the casing layer and a perimeter of the first lining layer; and wherein the second lining layer is co-located with the first lining layer such that a center of each is aligned with one another, and a width of a second peripheral area of the panel is defined by a generally uniform difference between the perimeter of the first lining layer and a perimeter of the second lining layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.57407
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12070557', '11637378', '12924609', '15537875', '15410190']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6445204796573432
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4884580952922452
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6289142412208334
- Mean Citation Score: 241.680696
- Max Citation Score: 249.9126
- Similarity Product: 197.70717499580385

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

Dataset: test