PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926523
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["102", "449000"]

Abstract:
Herein we describe embodiments of shotgun shells, methods for loading such shotgun shells, and methods for using them. In some embodiments, the shotgun shells utilize a multi-component wad system with a biodegradable powder wad that stays intact through the firing process, and a separate and chemically distinct biodegradable shot wad that breaks apart within one meter after being shot out of the barrel of a shotgun. A clean release of the shot can be obtained, providing both high performance and biodegradability. The biodegradable shot wad can be a biodegradable polyester.

Claim (Index 15):
The shotgun shell of  claim 1 , wherein said shotgun shell provides superior shot patterning when fired than occurs in an otherwise identical shell wherein the chemical composition of the biodegradable shot wad is the same as the biodegradable powder wad.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67797
- Patent Class: 102.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15926452', '14303496', '14823769', '11813953', '14548073']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7688398591713168
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6060361568285528
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7525594889370405
- Mean Citation Score: 354.620824
- Max Citation Score: 604.4493
- Similarity Product: 465.6171499917447

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