PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160370
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "173300"]

Abstract:
A roof mounting system for the attachment of an article to a roof, the system comprising a plurality of PV modules each having at least one corner and a frame member, a flashing member having a top surface; an upstanding sleeve attached to the top surface of the flashing member; an elevated water seal having a borehole formed therethrough, the elevated water seal further comprising at least one screw for providing a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure; and whereby the plurality of PV modules are interlocked in a way to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement supported above the roof through the frame members of the plurality of PV modules.

Claim (Index 6):
A waterproofing roof mounting system for attaching a plurality of solar modules to a roof surface, the roof mounting system comprising:\n a. a roof surface including a supporting structure; b. a base member having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is adjacent the roof surface; c. a base member projection that extends away from the roof surface, the projection comprising a top, a distal end and a distal end aperture; d. a block member comprising a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, wherein the substantially horizontal portion is configured to fit over the base member and projection and affix the block member and the base member to the supporting structure, and wherein the substantially vertical portion is configured to connect the plurality of solar modules to the block member; e. a fastener attaching the block member and base member to the supporting structure; and f. a waterproof seal between the article and the roof surface, wherein the seal is placed between a head of the fastener and the top of the projection.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0339
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16160504', '15045434', '15225704', '15803656', '14166633']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8402866844656786
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5802805565868424
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8142860716777949
- Mean Citation Score: 425.64768
- Max Citation Score: 475.4477
- Similarity Product: 442.46908043718935

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