PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112077
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["047", "017000"]

Abstract:
Vertical growing uses a plurality of shelves to support plants. The system has an air filtration and ultraviolet (UV) air purification system. The purified and filtered air is mixed with nitrogen, which is directed towards plants. The system can include lights to help grow the plants placed on the shelves. The filters can remove odors from the circulating air.

Claim (Index 21):
A method of distributing flow, comprising:\n positioning a first elongated duct and a second elongated duct upon a rack, wherein each of the first and second elongated ducts is fluidly coupled via an outlet portion to a filter housing and extends adjacent to one another along the rack; introducing air through an air inlet portion and into the filter housing which is positioned external to the rack and into the first and second elongated ducts; and distributing the air through a first plurality of openings defined on a lower surface of the first elongated duct and through a second plurality of openings defined on a lower surface of the second elongated duct.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.45652
- Patent Class: 47.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15730659', '14837017', '15525045', '11682803', '13180129']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6955067063236948
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4963880137754008
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6755948370688655
- Mean Citation Score: 166.215806
- Max Citation Score: 262.99896
- Similarity Product: 198.94789833277704

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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