PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979515
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["136", "251000"]

Abstract:
A frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar power panel, in which an optically-transparent epoxy-resin coating is applied over an array of photo-voltaic (PV) solar cell modules mounted on a support sheet of phenolic resin, and supported in a layer of adhesive coating applied as a liquid with a viscosity and a thickness such that the thickness of the layer of adhesive coating is substantially equal to the thickness of the PV solar cell modules, and cured to a sufficient hardness. The optically-transparent epoxy-resin coating, and the cured layer of adhesive coating, reinforce the strength of the sheet of phenolic resin, particularly around the perimeter of the frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar power panel.

Claim (Index 1):
A frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar power panel comprising:\n a support sheet made from non-conductive and reinforced material; an array of photo-voltaic (PV) solar cell modules connected to an electrically-conductive bus bar assembly, and adhesively bonded to said support sheet using an optically transparent layer of adhesive material; said optically transparent layer of adhesive material having a thickness substantially equal to said array of PV solar cell modules; wherein said optically transparent adhesive layer is applied with a dried film thickness (DFT) substantially equal to that of a solar cell in said PV solar cell module, so that the top surfaces of said PV solar cell modules and surrounding adhesive coating reside substantially in the same plane, to provide relatively planar surface characteristics; an optically transparent epoxy-resin encapsulating layer applied over said PV solar cell modules, said electrical conductors, said electrical buses and said adhesive layer, so as to form a frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar power panel; and an optically transparent epoxy-resin top coating applied over said optically-transparent epoxy-resin layer, providing a protective and self-cleaning coating for said frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar power panel; wherein said optically-transparent epoxy-resin coating and said cured layer of optically-transparent adhesive coating reinforce the strength of said support sheet, particularly around the perimeter of said frame-less epoxy-resin encapsulated solar power panel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14286
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15979520', '15979524', '15921458', '13697500', '13155090']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8532509576485644
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6512148182484807
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.833047343708556
- Mean Citation Score: 475.94404
- Max Citation Score: 648.3998
- Similarity Product: 610.9224880755187

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

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