PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920204
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["052", "287100"]

Abstract:
A structurally robust roof drip edge system including a tail and an outer section contiguous with the tail. The tail includes a locally thin section nailable to a roof substrate. The outer section includes a bridging member connecting an inner footing and an outer footing. The outer footing includes a drip edge profile for directing the flow of water off of a roof. The inner footing is spaced from the outer footing by a suitable distance and configured to be placed against an eave as a positioning aid such that the drip edge can easily and reliably be installed with sufficient spacing for the installation of a fascia board behind the drip edge profile. The drip edge may be bendable to a user-selectable angle between the tail and the outer section to accommodate a range of roof pitches.

Claim (Index 1):
A drip edge configured to be installed to a substantially planar roof substrate comprising an upper surface and a side-facing surface, the drip edge comprising:\n a tail extending along the length of the drip edge, the tail comprising a lower end and an upper end thinner than the lower end, wherein the drip edge is coupleable to the upper surface of the roof substrate by driving one or more mechanical fasteners through the upper end of the tail such that the tail lies adjacent to the upper surface of the roof substrate; and an outer section contiguous with the tail at a lengthwise joint defining a roof angle corresponding to a roof pitch of the roof substrate, the outer section extending along the length of the drip edge and comprising an inner footing disposed proximal to the tail section, an outer footing disposed distal from the tail section, and a bridging member disposed between the inner footing and the outer footing such that the inner footing and the outer footing extend perpendicularly from a bottom side of the bridging member to form downward-facing c-shaped channel, wherein the joint comprises a bendably thin region disposed proximate the inner footing and the tail such that the roof angle is selectable by bending the tail relative to the bridging member along the bendably thin region, and wherein an inner surface of the inner footing lies adjacent to the side-facing surface of the roof substrate, wherein the c-shaped channel is sized and shaped to accommodate installation of a fascia board having a substantially rectangular cross-section disposed at least partially within the c-shaped channel and fastened to the side-facing surface of the roof substrate, and wherein the tail is configured to accommodate installation of a roofing material coupled to the upper surface of the roof substrate wherein at least a portion of the roofing material lies adjacent to the upper surface and at least a portion of the roofing material lies adjacent to the tail of the drip edge such that at least a portion of the tail of the drip edge is disposed between the upper surface of the roof substrate and an underside of the roofing material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02817
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13553252', '14188014', '13050436', '12887255', '14580954']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8236654845882357
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4866966858946784
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7899686047188801
- Mean Citation Score: 217.149658
- Max Citation Score: 221.33636
- Similarity Product: 160.15997298195842

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