PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16160504
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 1):
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;\n a flashing member having a top surface, wherein the top surface is not adjacent the roof surface, the flashing member comprising an upstanding portion that extends away from the roof surface, the upstanding portion having sides that are substantially parallel and a distal end and distal end aperture; \n b. a block member consisting of a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, wherein the substantially vertical portion connects the plurality of solar modules to the block member and wherein the substantially horizontal portion comprises a through hole, the through hole having substantially parallel sides and configured to fit over the flashing and upstanding portion and affix the base member and the flashing member to the supporting structure; c. a fastener attaching the base and flashing to the supporting structure; and d. a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0339
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16160370', '15045434', '15225704', '15803656', '14166633']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8373663567572236
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.57966415598072
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8115961366795733
- Mean Citation Score: 416.353794
- Max Citation Score: 474.4942
- Similarity Product: 439.3302119656086

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