PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16279812
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["472", "092000"]

Abstract:
A sports field comprises a base structure and a cover. The cover is at least partly permeable to fluid, especially water. The base structure comprises voids for containing fluid. The base structure forms a substantially continuous deck supporting the cover. The cover comprises or is formed by an artificial sports layer, such as artificial grass. At least a number of the voids are in fluid communication with each other. Wick elements are provided fluidly connecting at least a number of the voids with the cover for supplying fluid from the voids to the top layer.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for forming a sports field, wherein a series of modules is placed on a substructure coupled in rows and/or columns, said modules comprising a deck and columns opening into said deck, wherein a series of said columns is filled at least partly with a wick medium, and wherein on top of the modules a cover is provided, in fluid connection with the wick medium in each column filled at least partly with said wick medium, and wherein water is provided or retained in said modules for wetting at least part of the cover on top of the modules through the wick medium in said columns.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85714
- Patent Class: 472.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14207139', '15124786', '14412324', '14424285', '12676122']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.630853554695443
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.507390040384957
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6185072032643945
- Mean Citation Score: 199.20992
- Max Citation Score: 283.87973
- Similarity Product: 259.8736313447511

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