PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16053677
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "173300"]

Abstract:
A system for mounting flexible photovoltaic (PV) modules on ribbed rooftops (e.g., purlin bearing rib-style roofs) may include a pair of mating mounting brackets, one affixed to the PV module and the other affixed to a rib of the roof. The PV module may have a concave-down profile when installed, with standoffs installed on a bottom side of the module and hold-down ridge caps installed on adjacent ribs of the roof.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for mounting a flexible photovoltaic (PV) module on a ribbed roof, the method comprising:\n securing a first elongate mounting bracket to a roofing panel, the roofing panel including a plurality of major ribs having a consistent spacing, such that a base of the first elongate mounting bracket is secured to a first major rib of the plurality of major ribs, the first elongate mounting bracket further including a first stem portion extending transversely from the base and a first flange extending parallel to the base from the first stem portion, such that a distal end of the first flange is spaced from the base, defining a first channel; and mounting a flexible PV module having a second elongate mounting bracket to the roofing panel by inserting a second flange of the second mounting bracket into the first channel of the first mounting bracket and inserting the first flange of the first mounting bracket into a second channel of the second mounting bracket.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56863
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13224652', '10506145', '16035630', '11280458', '13302041']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7822402200772854
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4847514143412861
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7524913395036855
- Mean Citation Score: 206.828168
- Max Citation Score: 214.63165
- Similarity Product: 168.21830996533038

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