PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16030680
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["047", "057600"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the airborne dissemination and implantation of seeds utilizing an aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus with built-in nutrients, anti-pest, and anti-fungal properties that can be disseminated rapidly from an airborne platform. The velocity of impact and depth of penetration into specific soil types by the delivery apparatus can be controlled up to a terminal velocity kinetic energy by exploiting a specified drag coefficient, mass, and altitude of release. The seeds are delivered and imbedded into the soil at the optimal depth and orientation to maximize germination rates, since seed orientation has a pronounced effect on germination and sprout mortality rates. Flight paths for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) utilized for dissemination can be automated to adjust coordinates based on wind vectors, terrain elevation data, and soil permeability data to efficiently achieve a desired penetration depth across a specified geographic area.

Claim (Index 13):
A method according to  claim 10  further comprising:\n a. controlling, by at least one computing device of the UAV, a flight path of the UAV, \n b. a ground elevation sensor on the UAV, \n c. and adjusting, by the at least one computing device, the flight path of the UAV based on detected elevation data, \n whereby said flight path elevation will be adjusted to ensure said aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus are released at the correct elevations within said delineated geographic area to achieve implantation throughout the said geographic area at said density of seed distribution.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.62245
- Patent Class: 47.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15046301', '10567194', '14295895', '13125062', '15453332']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6653036995561941
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4897085541159788
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6477441850121726
- Mean Citation Score: 112.1758088
- Max Citation Score: 114.10589
- Similarity Product: 62.40256315880836

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

Dataset: test