PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949354
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["211", "041100"]

Abstract:
A photovoltaic solar panel array support structure that has a negligible footprint and that may be adjustably sized in the future to accommodate an increase or decrease of the number of solar panel arrays. It is installed at a substantial elevation above ground level so as to allow unhampered, ongoing farming activities in the area directly below the solar panel array, including the use of large mechanized farm equipment. The photovoltaic solar panel array support structure utilizes a series of vertical pilings that support a pre-fabricated unitary segment platform upon which a solar panel system may be mounted and then lifted atop of the pilings as a single assembly. It is intended for erection and operation in locations where large-scale ground mounted solar panel arrays are not feasible.

Claim (Index 14):
A photovoltaic solar panel array support structure comprising:\n at least four vertical pilings, said pilings having a distal end and a hollow proximal end, said distal end imbedded in the ground and said proximal end extending a height above said ground; at least two equal length parallel boundary beams, said boundary beams each having two beam ends; at least two equal length parallel, exterior running spars, said running spars each having two exterior spar ends; at least one interior running spar having two interior spar ends; at least two equal length stiffening spars having two stiffening spar ends; wherein said exterior spar ends are affixed perpendicularly between said boundary beams, adjacent said beam ends, and wherein said interior spar ends are affixed to said boundary beams at a midpoint between said exterior running spars, and said stiffening spar ends are connected perpendicularly between said interior running spar and said exterior running spars so as to form a planar rectangular platform, at least four piling caps, said piling cap a flat plate with a top face and a bottom face and a tapered piling insert extending perpendicularly from said bottom face and sized for engagement within said hollow proximal end of said piling, said flat plate extending radially beyond an interface of said piling insert and said flat plate bottom face; wherein said piling caps are attached to said platform at said ends of said boundary beams; and wherein said piling insert is engaged into said hollow proximal end of said piling such that said piling cap rests atop of said proximal end and supports said platform on said pilings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59524
- Patent Class: 211.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12088121', '15475095', '13276230', '10624363', '12466331']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7783867558483809
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4716206904780443
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7477101493113473
- Mean Citation Score: 171.72756599999997
- Max Citation Score: 178.56184
- Similarity Product: 126.95692995381356

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test