PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15952954
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["029", "527200"]

Abstract:
A method of finishing an exterior surface of a golf club head includes providing a golf club head having an exterior surface that includes a first surface region, a second surface region, and a third surface region. The method further includes steps of applying a first surface finish to at least the third surface region, applying a first masking to at least the first and third surface regions, applying a second surface finish to the second surface region, removing the first masking, applying a second masking to at least the second and third surface regions, applying a third surface finish to the first surface region, and removing the second masking.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of finishing an exterior surface of a sports apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:\n (a) providing a sports apparatus having an exterior surface that includes a first surface region, a second surface region, and a third surface region, wherein the third surface region is at least partially located between the first and second regions, and the first, second, and third surface regions are mutually exclusive of each other and, in combination, form a contiguous portion of the exterior surface; (b) polishing a portion of the exterior surface including the third surface region, resulting in a reflective appearance; (c) applying a first masking to at least the first and third surface regions of the exterior surface; (d) media blasting the second surface region of the exterior surface, resulting in a semi-gloss appearance; (e) removing the first masking; (f) applying a second masking to at least the second and third surface regions of the exterior surface; (g) roughening the first surface region of the exterior surface of the sports apparatus, resulting in a matte appearance; and (h) removing the second masking, wherein the first, second, and third surface finishes are each different from each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.52941
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15645420', '15342822', '13568741', '13956046', '14677742']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9055122021119312
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5430838700258318
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8692693689033214
- Mean Citation Score: 427.212076
- Max Citation Score: 488.51724
- Similarity Product: 247.49350183588032

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

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