PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881691
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["052", "173300"]

Abstract:
Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems provide for solar panel arrays that can be aesthetically pleasing to an observer, with minimal visible difference between photovoltaic and non-photovoltaic areas of the BIPV system. BIPV systems can be incorporated as part of roof surfaces as built into the structure of the roof, particularly as roofing tiles that have photovoltaic elements embedded or incorporated into the body of the roofing tiles. BIPV systems can also include mimic or dummy tiles that appear similar to tiles with photovoltaic elements, but do not collect solar energy. In some configurations, the appearance of BIPV tile roof systems can be generally uniform to an observer at ground level, where the blending and distribution of photovoltaic and non-photovoltaic elements generate a consistent and elegant appearance that camouflages any differences between photovoltaic tile or non-photovoltaic tiles.

Claim (Index 1):
A building-integrated solar roofing system, having photovoltaic (PV) roof tiles, comprising:\n a production section of the solar roofing system, formed from one or more subset circuits of PV tiles, wherein each subset circuit comprises:\n a first PV roof tile having has two solar cell modules; \n a second PV roof tile having one solar cell module biased toward its left side; and \n a third PV roof tile having one solar cell module biased toward its right side, \n a non-production section of the solar roofing system, comprising a first PV mimic tile, a second PV mimic tile, a third PV mimic tiles, wherein each first PV mimic tile has two silicon members, wherein each second PV mimic tile has one silicon member biased toward its left side, and wherein each third PV mimic tile has one silicon member biased toward its right side; and a plurality of blank roof tiles, wherein each subset circuit is configured to build to a target power production voltage, wherein the production section and the non-production section are both configured to provide a visual aesthetic consistent in comparison with each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.8375
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15399712', '15712113', '15653493', '15246475', '15246486']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8617986024377492
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5636145728309784
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8319801994770721
- Mean Citation Score: 310.09661199999994
- Max Citation Score: 453.49133
- Similarity Product: 389.114338255893

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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