PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16380918
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "173300"]

Abstract:
A roof mounting system for the attachment of an article to a roof, the system comprising a plurality of PV modules each having at least one corner and a frame member, a flashing member having a top surface; an upstanding sleeve attached to the top surface of the flashing member; an elevated water seal having a borehole formed therethrough, the elevated water seal further comprising at least one screw for providing a waterproof seal between the article and the roof structure; and whereby the plurality of PV modules are interlocked in a way to provide a corner-to-corner coupling arrangement supported above the roof through the frame members of the plurality of PV modules.

Claim (Index 13):
A roof mounting system for installing at least one PV module on a roof surface, the roof mounting system comprising:\n a. a base mount assembly attached to a roof surface, the base mount assembly comprising:\n i. a base member having a top surface comprising:\n 1. a substantially flat area; and \n 2. a substantially cylindrical upstanding portion extending away from the roof surface and defining a distal end aperture; \n \n ii. a block member comprising:\n 1. a first portion substantially parallel to the roof surface, configured to fit over the base member, and comprising a through hole configured to surround the substantially cylindrical upstanding portion; and \n 2. a second portion extending away from the roof surface; \n \n iii. a tightening means attaching the base mount assembly to the roof surface by insertion through said through hole and said distal end aperture, the tightening means having a head portion; and \n iv. a sealing washer on the tightening means and adapted to seal the base mount assembly to prevent seepage of water, wherein the sealing washer is compressed between the tightening means head and the block member first portion; \n b. a structural member comprising:\n i. a top portion supporting the at least one PV module, the top portion comprising a track with a horizontal groove extending the length of the top portion; and \n ii. a bottom portion connecting to the block member second portion; and \n c. a clamp assembly connecting a frame member of at least one PV module to the structural member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0339
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16160370', '16160504', '15045434', '14166633', '15803656']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8468991432247002
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5643556067146891
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8186447895736991
- Mean Citation Score: 434.060384
- Max Citation Score: 457.83786
- Similarity Product: 370.5434918633294

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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