PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15963226
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["340", "605000"]

Abstract:
A leak detection system for flat commercial roof structures is disclosed in order to detect and subsequently repair a leak as soon as possible such that any damage to the roof, as well as to other structural and/or insulation components of the overall roof structure, can be minimized due to the absorption or migration of the water. The leak detection system may comprise elongated water detection sensor strips to be fixedly secured to at least two edge portions of insulation board assemblies, or alternatively, electrical circuits may be provided over the entire expanse of the major upper surface portion of each insulation board assembly, or alternatively still further, rolls of water detection sensor strips may be applied to different regions of the flat commercial roof structure.

Claim (Index 11):
A water leak detection system for use in connection with flat commercial roof structures, comprising:\n an insulation board assembly fixedly secured to the flat commercial roof structure, wherein said insulation board assembly comprises upper and lower major surface portions, wherein the insulation board substantially covers an entire surface area of the flat commercial roof structure; a pair of separate electrical circuits, spaced from each other by means of a predetermined gap, fixedly secured to said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly so as to substantially cover all portions of said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly and thereby define a normally open electrical circuit upon said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly, each one of said pair of electrical circuits comprises a plurality of electrical paths wherein each electrical path of a first one of said pair of electrical circuits is disposed adjacent to an electrical path of a second one of said pair of electrical circuits such that said electrical paths of said first one of said pair of electrical circuits are disposed in an interdigitated manner with respect to said electrical paths of said second one of said pair of electrical circuits; an electrical power source electrically connected to said normally open electrical circuit defined upon said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly; and a control station electrically connected to said normally open electrical circuit defined upon said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly for receiving a water leak detection signal, from said normally open electrical circuit defined upon said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly, which is generated from said normally open electrical circuit defined upon said upper major surface portion of said insulation board assembly when water migrates into said gap defined between said pair of two separate electrical circuits so as to close said normally open electrical circuit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.675
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15406309', '14316751', '15709980', '14958124', '12646265']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6683681108970871
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4843267225124945
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6499639720586279
- Mean Citation Score: 171.736698
- Max Citation Score: 191.6591
- Similarity Product: 145.52795288321374

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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