PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16116435
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["359", "350000"]

Abstract:
A light harvester or collector collects solar radiation from an unshaded location adjacent a growing plant. The light harvester can be either imaging (e.g., parabolic reflectors) or non-imaging (e.g., compound parabolic concentrator). The concentrated solar radiation is projected into a light transmitter that conducts the light through the plant's outer canopy and into the inner canopy to a diffuser which disperses and reradiates the light into the inner canopy. The diffused light transforms a non-productive, potentially leafless zone of the plant into a productive zone so that more fruit can be produced per volume of land surface. The system can prevent transmission of infrared into the inner canopy so that the inner canopy zone is not heated and the amount of water lost to transpiration is reduced. The system can also modify other spectral components to affect plant development and to control pests and diseases.

Claim (Index 2):
A device for delivering light to an inner canopy of a plant and thereby modifying growth and development of the plant, the device comprising:\n a light harvester for collecting and concentrating photosynthetically and photomorphogenetically effective solar light energy from a light source above and outside of an inner canopy of the plant; an internally reflective light transmitter in optical communication with the light harvester for conducting the concentrated light source energy from the light harvester to the plant's inner canopy; and a reflective surface element for placement within the plant's inner canopy in optical communication with the light transmitter for receiving the concentrated light source energy from the light transmitter and re-radiating said light source energy so as to illuminate a portion of the plant's inner canopy, thereby modifying the growth and development of the plant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82759
- Patent Class: 359.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15109218', '15569570', '11943018', '10255225', '11835491']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7757331770386725
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5983584071534936
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7579957000501547
- Mean Citation Score: 219.44651600000003
- Max Citation Score: 532.7865
- Similarity Product: 503.6159493119718

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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