PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15985425
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["248", "237000"]

Abstract:
A bracket for installing photovoltaic modules on a tile roof. The bracket can have a base portion adapted to sit on a flat roof surface below a tile. A pair of curved portions above the base portion can be supported by a pair of vertical portions. A riser portion can be connected to the pair of curved portion and rising in a direction perpendicular to a roof surface. A flange can be connected to and be perpendicular to the riser portion and parallel to the base.

Claim (Index 1):
A bracket for supporting photovoltaic modules on a tile roof, the bracket comprising:\n a base portion configured to contact a flat roof surface along a first plane; a first curved portion including a first concave surface facing away from the first plane, and a first convex surface, opposite the first concave surface, facing toward the first plane, wherein the first concave surface and the first convex surface extend in a first direction substantially parallel to the first plane; a second curved portion including a second concave surface facing toward the first plane, and a second convex surface, opposite the second concave surface, facing away from the first plane, wherein the second concave surface and the second convex surface extend in the first direction; a riser portion connecting the first and second curved portions and extending away from the first and second curved portions and the first plane in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first plane; and a flange connected to and substantially perpendicular to the riser portion and substantially parallel to the first plane, wherein the flange is positioned further from the first plane than the first curved portion and the second curved portion, wherein the first and second curved portions define sides of an opening separating the first and second curved portions, and wherein the bracket is configured for the base portion to be positioned between a first roof tile and the flat roof surface while the first curved portion is configured to be positioned between a convex portion of a lower surface of the first roof tile and a concave portion of an upper surface of a second roof tile overlapped by the first roof tile.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21951
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14882375', '14855273', '13911955', '14106153', '14615320']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8191888804259129
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5470707570227782
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7919770680855994
- Mean Citation Score: 253.99297400000003
- Max Citation Score: 414.67502
- Similarity Product: 409.5757717873538

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