PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16181049
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["052", "287100"]

Abstract:
A customizable roof drip edge system includes an inner footing, an outer section, and a tail integrally formed with the inner footing and the outer section. The tail is nailable to a roof substrate. The outer section includes a bridging member connecting the tail to an outer footing. The bridging member and the outer footing are configured for directing the flow of water off of a roof. The inner footing is spaced from the outer footing by a suitable distance and configured to be placed against an eave as a positioning aid such that the drip edge can easily and reliably be installed with sufficient spacing for the installation of a fascia board after installation of the drip edge. The drip edge may be bendable to user-selectable angles between the tail and the inner footing and outer section to accommodate a range of roof pitches.

Claim (Index 1):
A drip edge integrally formed from a single piece of sheet metal and configured to be installed to a substantially planar roof substrate comprising an upper surface and a side-facing surface, the drip edge comprising:\n a tail extending along the length of the drip edge, the tail comprising an upper layer having a lower end and an upper end, and a lower layer having a lower end and an upper end, wherein the upper end of the lower layer is integrally formed with the upper end of the upper layer, and wherein the drip edge is coupleable to the upper surface of the roof substrate by driving one or more mechanical fasteners through the tail such that lower layer lies adjacent to the upper surface of the roof substrate; an inner footing integrally formed with the lower end of the lower layer at a lower lengthwise joint, the inner footing extending along the length of the drip edge, wherein an inner surface of the inner footing lies adjacent to the side-facing surface of the roof substrate; and an outer section integrally formed with the upper layer at an upper lengthwise joint defining a roof angle corresponding to a roof pitch of the roof substrate, the outer section extending along the length of the drip edge and comprising:\n a bridging member having a proximal end adjacent to the second lengthwise joint and a distal end opposite the proximal end; and \n an outer footing integrally formed with the distal end of the bridging member, the outer footing extending parallel to the inner footing to form a downward-facing c-shaped channel with the inner footing and the bridging member; \n wherein the c-shaped channel is sized and shaped to accommodate installation of a fascia board having a substantially rectangular cross-section disposed at least partially within the c-shaped channel and fastened to the side-facing surface of the roof substrate, and wherein the tail is configured to accommodate installation of a roofing material coupled to the upper surface of the roof substrate wherein at least a portion of the roofing material lies adjacent to the upper surface and at least a portion of the roofing material lies adjacent to the tail of the drip edge such that at least a portion of the tail of the drip edge is disposed between the upper surface of the roof substrate and an underside of the roofing material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21739
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10418970', '13553252', '14188014', '14580954', '13050436']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8096508681360675
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.487926290752244
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7774784103976852
- Mean Citation Score: 204.755556
- Max Citation Score: 214.43146
- Similarity Product: 150.33742194621203

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