PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940715
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["052", "506050"]

Abstract:
Structural furring systems having enhanced drainage functionality are described. Furring strips can include a substantially planar face, substantially planar webs extending from edges of the face, and substantially planar legs extending from opposite edges of the legs. The face and/or legs include a row or array of protrusions configured to accommodate drainage and ventilation between the furring strip and an attached exterior cladding and/or building substrate. Furring strips can be manufactured by rolling a sheet metal such as steel. Additional embodiments include a furring tape configured to be affixed to a substantially flat face of a commercially available furring strip to provide similar drainage features.

Claim (Index 1):
A wall cladding system having a multifunction structural furring, the wall cladding system comprising:\n a metal furring strip, said furring strip comprising:\n a substantially planar face defined generally by a length and a width, the face comprising a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge along the width, the face comprising an array of convex dimples extending from an outer side of the face; \n a plurality of substantially planar webs, each web extending from the first edge or the second edge of the face in a direction opposite the outer side, each web comprising a plurality of openings extending through the web, the openings configured to allow water to flow through both webs; and \n a plurality of substantially planar legs parallel to the face, each leg extending from one of the plurality of webs at an end opposite the face, each leg comprising a row of convex dimples extending from an inner side of the leg opposite the webs and face; \n wherein the furring strip is mounted to the exterior of a building substrate such that the convex dimples of the legs abut the building substrate and the length of the face is in a horizontal orientation relative to the building substrate; and \n at least one wall cladding panel mounted to the furring strip such that the convex dimples of the face abut the wall cladding panel; wherein an inner surface of the wall cladding panel, the outer side of the face, and two or more of the dimples of the face define a first gravity-assisted drainage flow path; and wherein the building substrate, the inner sides of the legs, and two or more of the dimples of the legs define a second gravity-assisted drainage flow path.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72308
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15775352', '15272049', '13533879', '14292542', '14172042']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8237411914603615
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5166707941718924
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7930341517315147
- Mean Citation Score: 257.858992
- Max Citation Score: 333.1039
- Similarity Product: 259.96938558995726

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

Dataset: test