PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921458
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["136", "251000"]

Abstract:
A frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar panel construction, in which an optically transparent epoxy-resin coating is applied over an array of photo-voltaic (PV) solar cell modules mounted on a sheet of phenolic resin, and supported in a layer of adhesive coating applied as a liquid with a viscosity and a thickness such that the thickness of the layer of adhesive coating is substantially equal to the thickness of the PV solar cell modules, and cured to a sufficient hardness, after which the epoxy-resin coating is applied over the array of PV solar cell modules and the cured layer of adhesive coating so to reinforce the strength of the sheet of phenolic resin, particularly around the perimeter of the sheet of phenolic resin.

Claim (Index 21):
A frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar panel construction comprising:\n a support sheet made of non-conductive and reinforced material; an array of photo-voltaic (PV) solar cell modules connected to an electrically-conductive bus bar assembly, having top surfaces and adhesively bonded to said support sheet using an optically transparent layer of adhesive material; said optically transparent layer of adhesive material having a thickness substantially equal to said array of PV solar cell modules so that the top surfaces of said PV photo cell modules and surrounding adhesive coating reside substantially in the same plane so as to provide relatively planar surface characteristics; an optically transparent epoxy-resin encapsulating layer applied over said array of (PV) solar cell modules, said electrically-conductive bus bar assembly and said adhesive layer, and allowed to partially cure so that when an optically transparent plastic sheet is applied to said optically transparent epoxy-resin encapsulating layer while partially cured, said optically transparent plastic sheet is allowed to securely bond to said optically transparent epoxy-resin encapsulating layer as said optically transparent epoxy-resin encapsulating layer cures; and an optically transparent epoxy resin top coating applied over said optically transparent plastic sheet, providing self-cleaning action when wet during rain showers.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26316
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13697500', '13155090', '12407555', '15475095', '12436226']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7522987385938151
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5033129342526521
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7274001581596988
- Mean Citation Score: 206.209072
- Max Citation Score: 236.85423
- Similarity Product: 167.50250456104877

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

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