PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16215165
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["473", "513000"]

Abstract:
A robotic manipulator is used to control the forces and angles applied on the strings during stringing of a lacrosse head. Precise string lengths may be implemented for certain features of the pocket. In some embodiments, the manipulator attaches the pocket to a lacrosse head and produces a strung head which has precise ratios of tension when comparing various strings within the pocket. One or more robot arms with end effectors such as grippers may be used. The forces used when tying each knot can be consistent throughout the pocket, or vary according to which particular knot is being tied. The tension of shooting strings and/or runners may be finely tuned in some embodiments.

Claim (Index 7):
A method of stringing a lacrosse head using a robotic manipulator, the robotic manipulator comprising a first end effector configured to manipulate a first string portion, and a second end effector configured to manipulate a second string portion, the method comprising:\n controlling the first end effector to manipulate a first string portion through a first opening in a sidewall of the lacrosse head; controlling the second end effector to pull a second string portion away from the sidewall to form an opening between the second string portion and the sidewall; and controlling the first end effector to manipulate the first string portion through the opening between the second string portion and the sidewall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.60526
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12426559', '14043492', '15959480', '11345321', '15817549']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6011254300530118
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4962419049354983
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5906370775412605
- Mean Citation Score: 234.18426200000005
- Max Citation Score: 237.68672
- Similarity Product: 176.6250411642456

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