PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010231
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "173300"]

Abstract:
Modular photovoltaic (PV) panel, system, and method of mounting. The system including a mounting flashing configured to mounted to a mounting surface and a folding PV panel. The folding PV panel including: a first subpanel including first PV cells, wherein the first subpanel extends along a first lateral plane and comprises a plurality of mounting hooks extending laterally from and affixed to a backside of the first subpanel, the mounting hooks configured to couple to the mounting flashing; a second subpanel including second PV cells, wherein the second subpanel extends along a second lateral plane, wherein the second subpanel comprises a front edge support configured to hold a front edge of the second subpanel away from the mounting surface; and a hinge assembly rotationally coupling the first subpanel and the second subpanel to allow an angle between the first lateral plane and the second lateral plane to change.

Claim (Index 21):
The method of  claim 19 , wherein the first subpanel further comprises:\n a plurality of central mounting tabs extending laterally from and affixed to the backside of the first subpanel, the central mounting tabs, configured to be mounted to the mounting surface, wherein the central mounting tabs are visible when the folding PV panel is a folded position, and wherein the central mounting tabs are covered by the hinge and/or second subpanel when the folding PV panel is in an extended, unfolded position, the method further comprising: mounting the central mounting tabs to the surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84211
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14923373', '12364737', '15260949', '14872058', '10979138']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7654917823118196
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4784389202464583
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7367864961052835
- Mean Citation Score: 157.23429000000004
- Max Citation Score: 164.13152
- Similarity Product: 118.59385177137376

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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