PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863622
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["473", "470000"]

Abstract:
The invention provides for a new method of playing American football. In particular, the method enables the play of football with far fewer, if any, collisions that lead to injury. The system herein provides rules for a fast paced version of American football in which the clock is infrequently stopped and intentional collisions would not happen.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for playing non-contact American football, comprising:\n a. A standard American football field; b. A first team playing offense, said first team having at least five offensive players; c. A second team playing defense, said second team having at least five defensive players to match said offensive players; d. A line of scrimmage used during play; e. A breakaway rule, said breakaway rule enabling an offensive player in possession of a football to run across a line of scrimmage in an attempt to reach the goal line before any defensive player; f. A kicking rule, said kicking rule enabling any offensive player in possession of said football to kick said football to any other offensive player to advance; and g. A six step rule, said six step rule requiring said offensive player in possession of said football to be limited to no more than six steps while in possession of said football behind a line of scrimmage, Whereby said system for playing non-contact American football excludes physical tackling at any point during play.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.37778
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10694320', '14034225', '13752182', '14474151', '13211540']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.617555568749365
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.519920957597077
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6077921076341362
- Mean Citation Score: 285.3060040000001
- Max Citation Score: 302.44763
- Similarity Product: 199.5985521673191

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

Dataset: test