PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053371
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["036", "029000"]

Abstract:
An article of footwear is disclosed that comprises a sole structure having a bladder element that includes multiple cushioning components. Each cushioning component includes an enclosed fluid-filled cavity. The cushioning components may include a first cushioning component and a second cushioning component. The first cushioning component has a single central opening extending completely therethrough, and a continuous fluid-filled cavity surrounding the central opening. The second cushioning component has multiple connecting features positioned inward of an outer periphery of the second cushioning component. The connecting features connect a first side of the second cushioning component to a second side of the second cushioning component opposite the first side. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear with such cushioning components is disclosed.

Claim (Index 9):
The method of  claim 8 , wherein forming the bladder element includes:\n forming an inflation port disposed at a periphery of the bladder element and in fluid communication with the adjacent ones of the cushioning components via the channels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26316
- Patent Class: 36.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14931287', '15685261', '14931280', '15093104', '14179956']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7029240088301684
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4768945890810516
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6803210668552567
- Mean Citation Score: 258.38142600000003
- Max Citation Score: 306.8353
- Similarity Product: 255.88145260570647

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