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 1):
A waterproofing roof mount for attaching an article to a roof structure, the mount comprising:\n a. a flashing member having a bottom surface and a top surface opposite the bottom surface, the flashing member including an upstanding protrusion that extends upwards from the top surface of the flashing member, wherein the protrusion comprises a distal end and distal end aperture; b. a block comprising a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, wherein the substantially horizontal portion of the block has a borehole formed therethrough and an elevated seal and wherein the substantially vertical portion of the block comprises a slotted opening and is configured to support an article above a roof surface and attach the article to the roof surface on the roof structure; c. a fastener attaching the block and flashing to the roof structure and providing a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure; and d. a sealing member, wherein the upstanding protrusion, the elevated seal, the borehole, the fastener and the sealing member are concentrically positioned.

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): 0.8422098415513078
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5724093790199001
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8152297952981671
- Mean Citation Score: 425.64768
- Max Citation Score: 475.4477
- Similarity Product: 394.8322260439038

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