PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16156154
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "173100"]

Abstract:
A protected membrane roof system for installation on a roof decking comprising an upper insulation board having an upwardly-facing upper board top surface and an opposite downwardly-facing upper board bottom surface, a ballast material positioned over the upper insulation board, and at least one fastener assembly having a base seated beneath the upper board, a rod extending substantially vertically from the base of sufficient size so as to extend beyond the upper insulation board and the ballast material, and a cap engaged with the rod above the ballast material, whereby the wind uplift resistance of the protected membrane roof system is improved and scour of the ballast material is reduced by effectively anchoring the ballast material to the upper insulation board beneath the ballast material.

Claim (Index 24):
A protected membrane roof system for installation on a roof decking, comprising:\n a plurality of upper insulation boards each having an upwardly-facing upper board top surface and an opposite downwardly-facing upper board bottom surface, the upper insulation boards positioned over and in close proximity to the roof decking and substantially covering the roof decking to a perimeter thereof; a ballast material positioned over and in close proximity to at least a portion of the upper insulation boards; a plurality of pavers or insulation panels adjacent to the ballast material and the upper insulation boards substantially at the perimeter of the roof decking; at least one fastener assembly each having a base seated beneath one of the plurality of upper insulation boards and configured to restrain at least one of the ballast material and the plurality of pavers or insulation panels; a netting positioned over at least a portion of the ballast material, the at least one fastener assembly configured to selectively engage the netting; and a waterproof membrane positioned over and in close proximity to the roof decking beneath and in close proximity to the upper insulation board, the at least one fastener assembly neither penetrating nor attaching to the waterproof membrane; whereby the wind uplift resistance of the protected membrane roof system is improved and scour of the ballast material is reduced by effectively anchoring the netting beneath at least the upper insulation board positioned beneath the ballast material and further anchoring the netting about its perimeter by the plurality of pavers or insulation panels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98485
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14775275', '15450149', '13798810', '13613601', '12420267']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8558492343017211
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6051146849980937
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8307757793713584
- Mean Citation Score: 429.159598
- Max Citation Score: 561.5648
- Similarity Product: 498.0756239578247

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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