PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880669
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["473", "373000"]

Abstract:
Golf balls having a very high positive gradient multilayer core are provided. The multilayer core includes an outer core layer and a very soft, low compression inner core layer. The inner core layer is formed from an unfoamed composition and has a center hardness that is at least 40 Shore C points less than the outer surface hardness of the outer core layer.

Claim (Index 6):
A golf ball comprising a core and a cover, wherein the core comprises:\n a solid inner core layer formed from an unfoamed composition and having a diameter of 1.20 inches or less, a center Shore C hardness (H center ) of 40 or less, and an interface Shore C hardness (H inner core interface ) of from 5 to 40; one or more optional intermediate core layers; and an outer core layer having a thickness of 0.10 inches or greater, an inner surface Shore C hardness (H outer core inner surface ) of from 40 to 75, and an outer surface Shore C hardness (H outer surface ) of 80 or greater; wherein H outer surface \u2212H center \u226540; and wherein the inner core layer has a hardness gradient slope (S inner core ) defined as S inner \ue89e \ue89e core = H inner \ue89e \ue89e core \ue89e \ue89e interface - H center 1 2 \ue89e \ue89e inner \ue89e \ue89e core \ue89e \ue89e layer \ue89e \ue89e diameter \ue89e \ue89e ( in \ue89e \ue89e inches ) , the outer core layer has a hardness gradient slope (S outer core ) defined as S outer \ue89e \ue89e core = H outer \ue89e \ue89e surface - H outer \ue89e \ue89e core \ue89e \ue89e inner \ue89e \ue89e surface outer \ue89e \ue89e core \ue89e \ue89e layer \ue89e \ue89e thickness \ue89e \ue89e ( in \ue89e \ue89e inches ) , and S outer \ue89e \ue89e core > S inner \ue89e \ue89e core ; and\n wherein the interface Shore C hardness of the inner core layer is within 1 Shore C unit of the center Shore C hardness.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52273
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15371443', '15371535', '14035074', '14852591', '15221932']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6614444114370618
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5429840167658716
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6495983719699427
- Mean Citation Score: 374.754354
- Max Citation Score: 402.18475
- Similarity Product: 390.748174447462

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

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