PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935531
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["052", "309500"]

Abstract:
An exterior wall cladding system for application to an exterior wall surface comprises a sealed and laminated waterproof wrap applied to the exterior wall surface, a fully-sealed insulating panel without a drainage plane disposed over the sealed and laminated waterproof wrap. The cladding system and method provide a waterproof wall structure for a multi-layer stucco coating applied over the insulating panel. Sealing materials are applied to all openings through and edges of the wall structure.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of constructing an insulated, waterproofed exterior wall of a building to receive a stucco finish, comprising the steps of:\n installing panels of sheathing on exterior framework of the building; preparing the sheathing to receive an insulating panel by applying a waterproof wrap of first and second coats of a silicone elastomeric (SE) roof coating to the sheathing; forming a flashing of fabric having a first edge disposed along a lower edge of the first coat of SE roof coating and a second edge disposed along the foundation, followed by a second coat of the SE roof coating applied to the sheathing and the first edge of the flashing; attaching a weep screed to the sheathing, proximately above the first edge of the flashing; roughening a smooth side of the insulating panel, formed of sheets of expanded polystyrene (EPS) closed cell foam, to receive a third coat of the SE roof coating; applying the third coat of SE roof coating to the roughened side of the insulating panel; pressing the coated insulating panel sheets against the coated sheathing, in edge-to-edge relationship, while the third coat of SE roof coating is still wet; and sealing any openings through and edge seams of the insulating panel with an inner coat of the SE roof coating, a covering of fabric, and an outer coat of Se roof coating; wherein the combination of the waterproof wrap, the insulating panel, the third coat of SE roof coating, and the sealed openings forms a solid, insulated wall covering that is free of interior spaces and gaps and fully sealed against water.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79545
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15654188', '15935495', '14311007', '12766950', '14749719']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8312067940272673
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5917932512618856
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8072654397507291
- Mean Citation Score: 352.339666
- Max Citation Score: 579.5531
- Similarity Product: 430.87389113467935

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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