PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15991394
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["473", "056000"]

Abstract:
A barrel of a ball bat for striking a ball. The bat itself may comprise a longitudinal axis, a handle, and the barrel. The barrel includes a ball impact area formed by a barrel portion and a transition section. A point of maximum performance is located within the ball impact area along the barrel. The barrel may also include an end cap. The barrel portion has a first outer diameter, with the diameter tapering from the barrel portion towards the attachment end of the transition section. There is at least one annular ring, formed from a material having a density lower than that of aluminum, which is positioned along the ball impact area. The annular ring has a third diameter that is flush with the first outer diameter.

Claim (Index 10):
A barrel for a ball bat, the barrel comprising:\n a barrel portion, a transition section, and a longitudinal axis extending through said barrel portion and said transition section; said barrel portion having a first outer diameter and the transition section having a tapering outer diameter from the barrel portion toward an attachment end of the transition section; a ball impact area extending from an end-cap end of the barrel portion along the barrel portion and extending along at least a portion of the transition section, wherein the ball impact area has a first final surface; at least two opposing side walls extending radially inwards towards the longitudinal axis; a first step surface extending between said opposing side walls; said opposing side walls each having a proximal end and a distal end;\n wherein the distal end of each side wall extends from the first final surface; \n wherein the proximal end of each side wall extends from the first step surface; \n wherein a material having a density lower than that of aluminum is positioned between said opposing side walls above the first step surface; wherein said material forms a second final surface that is flush with first final surface of the barrel portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16923
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14099710', '10622717', '11307634', '14018673', '10434553']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6433927930887431
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4850914937438768
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6275626631542565
- Mean Citation Score: 226.736408
- Max Citation Score: 243.1818
- Similarity Product: 194.9219734042884

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

Dataset: test