PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920204
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["052", "287100"]

Abstract:
A structurally robust roof drip edge system including a tail and an outer section contiguous with the tail. The tail includes a locally thin section nailable to a roof substrate. The outer section includes a bridging member connecting an inner footing and an outer footing. The outer footing includes a drip edge profile for directing the flow of water off of a roof. The inner footing is spaced from the outer footing by a suitable distance and configured to be placed against an eave as a positioning aid such that the drip edge can easily and reliably be installed with sufficient spacing for the installation of a fascia board behind the drip edge profile. The drip edge may be bendable to a user-selectable angle between the tail and the outer section to accommodate a range of roof pitches.

Claim (Index 5):
A universal drip edge comprising:\n a tail extending along the length of the drip edge, the tail comprising a lower end and an upper end thinner than the lower end; and an outer section contiguous with the tail at a lengthwise joint defining a roof angle, the outer section extending along the length of the drip edge and comprising:\n an inner footing disposed proximal to the tail section; \n an outer footing disposed distal from the tail section; and \n a bridging member disposed between the inner footing and the outer footing such that the inner footing and the outer footing extend perpendicularly from a bottom side of the bridging member; \n wherein the joint comprises a bendably thin region disposed proximate the inner footing and the tail, wherein the roof angle is selectable by bending the tail relative to the bridging member along the bendably thin region; wherein the inner footing comprises an inner surface proximate the tail, the inner surface configured to be placed against an end surface of a roof substrate to define a drip edge installation position; and wherein the bridging member, the inner footing, and the outer footing define a downward-facing channel configured to receive and partially surround a fascia board.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02817
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13553252', '14188014', '13050436', '12887255', '14580954']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8225185943493267
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4948792720252583
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7897546621169199
- Mean Citation Score: 217.149658
- Max Citation Score: 221.33636
- Similarity Product: 144.67245841760638

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

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