PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16038003
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "220800"]

Abstract:
A weather barrier for a building penetration having opening in a wall of the building and a utility extending through the opening is provided. The weather barrier is made up of a sheet of flexible, weatherproof material, having a utility receiving chamber surrounded by a planar, building engaging section. The utility receiving chamber has a sidewall that extends perpendicularly to a plane defined by the building engaging section. A structural collar is sized and shaped to be friction fit within the sidewall of the utility receiving chamber, and is movable along the sidewall upon application of a sliding force. The structural collar has an inner circumference that receives an outer circumference of the utility.

Claim (Index 8):
A method of protecting a penetration in a wall of a building against weather, the method comprising the step of:\n inserting a utility through an opening in the wall of the building; providing a weather barrier, comprising:\n a sheet of flexible, weatherproof material, the sheet comprising a utility receiving chamber surrounded by a planar, building engaging section, the utility receiving chamber comprising a sidewall that extends perpendicularly to a plane defined by the building engaging section; and \n a structural collar that is sized and shaped to be friction fit within the sidewall of the utility receiving chamber, the structural collar being movable along the sidewall upon application of a sliding force, the structural collar having an inner circumference that is greater than an outer circumference of the utility; \n placing the weather barrier over the utility such that the utility is received within the utility receiving chamber and the building engaging section is immediately adjacent to the wall; moving the structural collar within the sidewall such that the structural collar is adjacent to an end of the utility; and applying a finishing material to the wall of the building, the finishing material overlying at least a portion of the building engaging section of the sheet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 33.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98387
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14795778', '14613056', '14194331', '13933848', '13933843']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8038502212535297
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4615141644979681
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7696166155779736
- Mean Citation Score: 172.723402
- Max Citation Score: 189.36542
- Similarity Product: 159.54717831560134

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

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