PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16040078
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["460", "111000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a weed seed management system and weed seed management device mountable on a harvester. The device includes a plate to convey straw waste after discharge from the harvester; a chute to catch the straw waste conveyed by the plate, and then direct and deposit the straw waste on the ground in a first windrow; and a trough having a length and a vent, the trough to convey the chaff waste along the length after discharge from the harvester, the vent aligned with the chute to deposit the chaff waste in a second windrow on top of first windrow of the straw waste on the ground, wherein the trough has a depth greater than 150 mm. The weed management system includes the harvester and the weed seed management device.

Claim (Index 1):
A mechanical weed seed management device mountable on a harvester, the device comprising:\n a plate to convey straw waste after discharge from the harvester; a chute to catch the straw waste conveyed by the plate, and then direct and deposit the straw waste on the ground in a first windrow; and a trough having a length and a vent, the trough to convey chaff waste along the length after discharge from the harvester, the vent aligned with the chute to deposit the chaff waste in a second windrow on top of the first windrow of the straw waste on the ground, wherein the trough has a depth greater than 150 mm.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53571
- Patent Class: 460.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15502735', '13934388', '13465204', '15701096', '16016827']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7209601704710258
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5520920040205775
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.704073353825981
- Mean Citation Score: 266.85812000000004
- Max Citation Score: 445.94235
- Similarity Product: 373.2370335106462

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

Dataset: test