PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16207269
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["473", "384000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is directed to golf balls having improved aerodynamic performance due, at least in part, to the alteration of the dimple surfaces. In particular, the present invention relates to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having circular perimeters and dimple profiles having a concentric groove or a non-concentric groove on the surface of the dimple. The golf ball dimples of the present invention provide golf ball surfaces having unique appearances, while maintaining ideal aerodynamic characteristics.

Claim (Index 3):
A golf ball having a generally spherical surface and comprising a plurality of dimples on the spherical surface, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of dimples have a circular plan shape, a spherical profile shape, an edge angle of from 10.0\u00b0 to 20.0\u00b0, a dimple depth of from 0.004 inches to 0.020 inches, and comprise at least three concentric grooves on each dimple surface, and wherein:\n each circular groove has an arcuate cross-sectional profile; \n the radii of all of the arcuate cross-sectional profiles of the circular grooves are substantially equal and have a value of from 0.015 inches to 0.125 inches; \n each pair of adjacent concentric grooves has a horizontal separation distance of from 0.007 inches to 0.060 inches; and \n the distance between the spherical profile of the dimple and a spherical profile containing the deepest point of each of the grooves is from 0.0005 inches to 0.007 inches.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76471
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15651184', '14985792', '14929500', '15592262', '15849932']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6393784727204221
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5698550318861485
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6324261286369948
- Mean Citation Score: 367.64343
- Max Citation Score: 478.35223
- Similarity Product: 367.49090187754166

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

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