PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898568
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["702", "003000"]

Abstract:
The method of FloodGraphic graphically present location specific topographic and flood hazard data, including time-sensitive NWS watches and warnings inclusive of site-specific forecast flood depths via an array of particularly shaped and colored, site-specifically annotated, video-capable signs The signs include vertical gradations in feet or meters in full scale presenting the elevation of the site, historic, and predicted future flood levels, specific to the location of each FG installation. FloodGraphic headquarters administers a program of information accumulation, vetting, information dissemination and management of installations. The method achieves a standard nationwide array of warning signs. The FloodGraphic method provides information and warning of actual past and forecast flood heights at a multiplicity of locations more effectively than any existing method by presenting data at each installation with reference to the grade level and a National Datum. No linking to or differentiation between the flood watch and flood warnings of the NWS is provided by any prior art.

Claim (Index 1):
a method for visually providing to individuals in flood prone communities historic flood information, the level of the 100 year recurrence interval flood as forecast by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency and to automatically display flood watches and warnings as issued by the US National Weather Service, in an accurate spatial relationship to the ground level at each of an array of specific sites, wherein the method comprises:\n The outdoor display in communities of special hazard of an array of signs, titled FloodGraphic and FloodGraphic-Dynamic, indicating elevations of historic and future floods relative to the North American Vertical Datum (NAVD) at the point of installation of each sign as established by a state-licensed Professional Engineer, architect, or Land Surveyor on a graduated full scale post or pole, particularly and consistently annotated with text and variable colors (red, yellow, black, and green) to emphasize variable flood risk frequencies and site specific elevations in the North American vertical datum (NAVD) or in the National Vertical Geodetic Datum where either such datum is in use in Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and incorporation of standardization in the sign design and functionality to facilitate its deployment in consistent format throughout the USA, thereby establishing a standardized, readily recognizable warning device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 40.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74227
- Patent Class: 702.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10336781', '13088494', '12027096', '14179018', '10582230']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1797938415193123
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4872769000287157
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.2105421473702526
- Mean Citation Score: 157.52790599999997
- Max Citation Score: 174.07329
- Similarity Product: 121.8105041576332

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

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