PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["504", "100000"]

Abstract:
A seed or seedling is coated with underivatized guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, polyacrylamide, poly(methacrylic acid), poly(acrylic acid), polyacrylate, polyethylene glycol), polyethyleneoxide, poly(vinyl alcohol), polyglycerol, polytetrahydrofuran, polyamide, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, underivatized starch, cationic starch, corn starch, wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, tapioca, waxy maize, sorghum, waxy sorghum, sago, dextrin, chitin, chitosan, xanthan gum, carageenan gum, gum karaya, gum arabic, pectin, cellulose, hydroxycellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, or hydroxypropyl cellulose, the coated seed or seedling having a shelf-life at room temperature in ambient conditions in an unsealed container to at least two months.

Claim (Index 22):
A method of extending shelf-life of rice, corn, wheat, barley, oats, soybean, sunflower, alfalfa, sorghum, rapeseed, sugar beet, tomato, bean, carrot, tobacco and flower seeds or seedlings to at least two months at room temperature in ambient conditions in an unsealed container without added salts or adjuvants comprising coating the seeds or seedlings with a dry composition selected from the group consisting of underivatized guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, polyacrylamide, poly(methacrylic acid), poly(acrylic acid), polyacrylate, poly(ethylene glycol), polyethyleneoxide, polyvinyl alcohol), polyglycerol, polytetrahydrofuran, polyamide, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, underivatized starch, cationic starch, corn starch, wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, tapioca, waxy maize, sorghum, waxy sorghum, sago, dextrin, chitin, chitosan, xanthan gum, carageenan gum, gum karaya, gum arabic, pectin, cellulose, hydroxycellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, and hydroxypropyl cellulose;\n wherein the seed or seedling has a shelf-life at room temperature in ambient conditions in an unsealed container without added salts or adjuvants of at least two months.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05556
- Patent Class: 504.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13817953', '14807280', '14413070', '14903241', '12384067']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7414230674949082
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5606783344214091
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7233485941875583
- Mean Citation Score: 314.326156
- Max Citation Score: 398.50668
- Similarity Product: 252.2636659720373

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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