PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15871493
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["036", "012000"]

Abstract:
A footwear sole comprises an first sole portion including at least one protruding male engagement part and a second sole portion including at least one recessed female engagement part having a shape which closely conforms to that of a corresponding male portion, whereby when a force is applied to the first sole portion in the direction of the second sole portion, the corresponding male engagement part is fixedly retained by the female engagement part. In this manner a shoe-sock may be fixed to the second or another portion of the sole without the need for any adhesive to be used.

Claim (Index 16):
A method as claimed in  claim 15 , wherein forcing the first sole portion against the second sole portion such that the protruding male engagement and recessed female engagement parts to engage fixedly with each other to retain the shoe sock in position further causes the additional engagement part and the reciprocating additional engagement part to engage with each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82456
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11748429', '14665699', '13412471', '11057187', '13739094']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6906628993968035
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4708631516900419
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6686829246261273
- Mean Citation Score: 212.67029
- Max Citation Score: 215.8714
- Similarity Product: 130.49550846657752

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