PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15909850
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["136", "246000"]

Abstract:
The present invention is a solar concentrator composed of a generally V-shaped trough of reflective Fresnel steps. The Fresnel reflective steps concentrate the sunlight entering the mouth of the V-shaped trough and parallel to its central axis into a central focal area. By disposing a solar energy receiving element at the central focal area of sunlight concentration a preferred embodiment as a concentrating solar energy collector is realized. Various types of solar energy receiving structures are shown that serve to convert the concentrated sunlight into other forms of useful energy to realize the preferred embodiment as a concentrating solar energy collector.

Claim (Index 1):
A solar concentrator comprising:\n a. a V-shaped support structure having a first side and a second side that oppose, and are mirror images of, one another, wherein a slope extending from a lowermost edge to an uppermost edge of the first side and the second side, respectively, is constant; b. a solar tracking device; c. a plurality of support members extending from the support structure, said support members being disposed parallel to a central axis of the concentrator, wherein the solar tracking device directs movement of the concentrator such that incoming solar radiation is always parallel to each of the support members; and d. a plurality of plane reflectors, wherein each reflector is connected to at least one support member, wherein the reflectors are collectively arranged in a stepped architecture along the support structure, wherein the reflectors reflect and concentrate the incoming solar radiation to a central focal area disposed upon the central axis of the concentrator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.875
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14162320', '13913377', '12962650', '12888584', '13108425']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7873179997682022
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4771471848311864
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7563009182745006
- Mean Citation Score: 191.324928
- Max Citation Score: 214.29453
- Similarity Product: 174.1201300898981

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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