PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16156154
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["052", "173100"]

Abstract:
A protected membrane roof system for installation on a roof decking comprising an upper insulation board having an upwardly-facing upper board top surface and an opposite downwardly-facing upper board bottom surface, a ballast material positioned over the upper insulation board, and at least one fastener assembly having a base seated beneath the upper board, a rod extending substantially vertically from the base of sufficient size so as to extend beyond the upper insulation board and the ballast material, and a cap engaged with the rod above the ballast material, whereby the wind uplift resistance of the protected membrane roof system is improved and scour of the ballast material is reduced by effectively anchoring the ballast material to the upper insulation board beneath the ballast material.

Claim (Index 1):
A protected membrane roof system for installation on a roof decking, comprising:\n an upper insulation board having an upwardly-facing upper board top surface and an opposite downwardly-facing upper board bottom surface, the upper insulation board positioned over and in close proximity to the roof decking; a lower insulation board having an upwardly-facing lower board top surface and an opposite downwardly-facing lower board bottom surface, the lower insulation board positioned beneath the upper insulation board, between the upper insulation board and the roof decking, such that the upper board bottom surface is immediately adjacent the lower board top surface; a ballast material positioned over and in close proximity to the upper insulation board; at least one fastener assembly configured to restrain the ballast material and comprising a base positioned immediately adjacent the lower board bottom surface; and a waterproof membrane positioned over and in close proximity to the roof decking beneath and in close proximity to the upper insulation board, the at least one fastener assembly neither penetrating nor attaching to the waterproof membrane; whereby the wind uplift resistance of the protected membrane roof system is improved and scour of the ballast material is reduced by effectively anchoring the ballast material beneath both the upper and lower insulation boards positioned beneath the ballast material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98485
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14775275', '15450149', '13798810', '13613601', '12420267']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8557674267712553
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6055196076074005
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8307426448548698
- Mean Citation Score: 429.159598
- Max Citation Score: 561.5648
- Similarity Product: 499.6904743463516

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

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