PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918520
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["473", "205000"]

Abstract:
A method and system for improving the accuracy of putting a golf ball that includes a golf glove for use with a putter grip that has a straight edge, with the golf glove having a visual line alignment feature/illustration that allows a golfer to place his or her hand in a repeatable, proper position on the grip of the putter. The golf glove employed is devoid of any putter attachment feature, such as hook-and-loop fastener material on the glove or the golf grip and is further devoid of any indicia affixed to the back-hand portion of a glove that could be viewed as an alignment indicia, as it only complicates and confuses a golfer when putting. Preferred embodiments include a golf glove that includes a marking forming a straight line that diagonally crosses the palm portion of the glove such that, when worn by a wearer, provides the wearer with a visual indication of the proper gripping position of a golf putter, such putter having a grip that has at least one flat surface and an edge extending down the axial length of the grip that can be aligned with the visual indicator markings/line on the golf glove.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for improving golf putting accuracy, comprising:\n providing a golf glove for use in combination with a putter grip associated with a putter, said putter grip having a lower portion and an upper portion, said glove having a palm surface and said putter grip having a straight edge that a golfer can discern by feel when wearing the glove, the glove having a straight guide line that has no thickness and that extends diagonally across the palm surface of the glove, the guide line passing through the crook between adjacent roots of the middle finger and the ring finger, the glove being devoid of markings on a top surface of the glove that relates to the proper positioning of the putter, said glove being devoid of cushion features, thumb and knuckle patches, and VELCRO \u2122; and wherein the putter grip has at least one continuous longitudinal edge, said edge being configured so that it can be felt by a golfer wearing a golf glove; placing a gloved hand with the golf glove on the lower portion of the putter grip; gripping the putter grip with the golf glove so that the guideline is substantially lined up with the straight edge; placing an ungloved hand on the upper portion of the putter grip; and putting a golf ball.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16667
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10491970', '10624210', '12017233', '14619331', '11746805']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7058525502935914
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5535258875329488
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6906198840175272
- Mean Citation Score: 334.901154
- Max Citation Score: 360.70413
- Similarity Product: 299.6066206753921

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

Dataset: test