PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16184792
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["052", "011000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides apparatuses that allow water from canales to be captured and communicated with water collection systems for storage or dispersal. Embodiments of the present invention accommodate existing canales with minimal or no modification to the canale or building or roof structure. Example embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus with a catchment portion defining a volume that accepts water from a canale and communicates water to a collection system (where a collection system can communicate with a storage system or a dispersal system). The catchment portion is mounted to the canale using an attachment portion of the apparatus such that water from the canale enters the catchment portion, but such that excess water can overflow the catchment portion and fall to the ground.

Claim (Index 5):
An apparatus for collecting water from a canale that extends from an edge of a roof and has an open end distal from the roof through which water exits the canale, the apparatus comprising:\n (a) a catchment portion defining a volume, which volume is open for at least a portion of a top region, and is configured to communicate water with a water collection system, wherein the catchment portion comprises a bottom, a front wall, and side walls, wherein the front and side walls sealingly engage the bottom, and comprising an outlet port that allows water to flow out of the catchment portion; and (b) an attachment portion configured to engage the canale, the roof, or a wall supporting the roof, and mount the apparatus such that the catchment portion is positioned more distal from the roof than the open end of the canale, so that water exiting the open end distal of the canale will either flow into the catchment portion or overflow the catchment portion, without remaining in the canale; and wherein the attachment portion comprises one or more mounting elements extending from the attachment portion toward and engaging the canale when the front wall is positioned to catch water flowing from the canale.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.06154
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15209753', '10691596', '15736294', '11187120', '12741521']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7453173609268254
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5547580170395064
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7262614265380936
- Mean Citation Score: 181.8753
- Max Citation Score: 404.60135
- Similarity Product: 394.87331726995416

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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