PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15986000
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "407000"]

Abstract:
A putt ruler is a device that separates the skills of straight-line putting from reading the green. The putt ruler may be affixed to the golf green and may be rotated to align with the identified target line. Through placement of two golf balls atop the putt ruler, a golfer may produce a putt that follows a straight line, when the stroke used may not have produced a straight-line putt on a single golf ball. The golfer may then evaluate the chosen target line in relation to the resultant putt and evaluate the speed of the putt as the ball travels along the playing surface.

Claim (Index 1):
A method to use a putt ruler, comprising:\n reading a playing surface between an origin and a target to determine a vector from the origin toward the target; placing a putt ruler on the playing surface, the putt ruler comprising a device with two cavities defined on a top surface of the putt ruler spaced such that one golf ball placed in one cavity contacts another golf ball placed in a second cavity, a line between the centers of the cavities defining an axis of the putt ruler; aligning the axis of the putt ruler with the vector; seating a first golf ball in the cavity farthest from the target and a second golf ball in the cavity nearest to the target, and the first golf ball and the second golf ball sharing a point of contact; applying a force to the surface of the first golf ball; and observing the motion of the second golf ball seated in the second hole as the second golf ball traverses the playing surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81967
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10629238', '10657293', '12754484', '13369242', '14085204']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.608091975805253
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5010823075990044
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5973910089846282
- Mean Citation Score: 261.24586800000003
- Max Citation Score: 269.2901
- Similarity Product: 215.69650640813708

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

Dataset: test