PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16035630
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["052", "173300"]

Abstract:
A support assembly for mounting photovoltaic modules on a support surface and a mounting system including the same are disclosed herein. The support assembly may comprise a the body portion including a base portion and at least one upright support member coupled to the base portion, the at least one upright support member comprising an integrally formed ballast tray slot in one side thereof for receiving an upturned edge of a ballast tray; and at least one clamp subassembly coupled to the at least one upright support member of the body portion, the at least one clamp subassembly configured to be coupled to one or more photovoltaic modules. In addition to a plurality of support assemblies, the mounting system may further comprise at least one ballast tray support bracket, the ballast tray support bracket supporting a portion of a ballast tray on the support surface.

Claim (Index 7):
A mounting system for supporting a plurality of photovoltaic modules on a support surface, said mounting system comprising:\n a plurality of photovoltaic modules disposed in an array, said array including a plurality of rows of photovoltaic modules; a plurality of separate and spaced-apart support assemblies supporting and orienting the photovoltaic modules in said array on said support surface, each of said spaced-apart support assemblies comprising:\n a body portion, said body portion including a base portion and at least one upright support member coupled to said base portion, said at least one upright support member comprising an integrally formed ballast tray slot in one side thereof; and \n at least one clamp subassembly, said at least one clamp subassembly coupled to said at least one upright support member of said body portion, said at least one clamp subassembly configured to be coupled to one or more of the photovoltaic modules; and \n a ballast tray coupled to one or more of said support assemblies, said ballast tray configured to receive one or more ballasts therein, said ballast tray comprising at least one upturned edge, said at least one upturned edge of said ballast tray received within said ballast tray slot of said at least one upright support member of said support assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5082
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15218491', '13923303', '13923342', '15451292', '14521951']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8510733562424375
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5554936310719214
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8215153837253859
- Mean Citation Score: 409.041026
- Max Citation Score: 429.81497
- Similarity Product: 391.5318791188777

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

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