PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15908103
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["700", "275000"]

Abstract:
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring soil properties including soil moisture and soil temperature during an agricultural input application. Embodiments include a soil moisture sensor and/or a soil temperature sensor mounted to a seed firmer for measuring moisture and temperature in a planting trench. Additionally, systems, methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting depth based on the monitored soil properties.

Claim (Index 20):
A system for measuring multiple soil properties on-the-go, comprising:\n an implement for traversing a field; an optical module carried by said implement for collecting soil reflectance data from soil in said field; a soil electrical conductivity measurement device carried by said implement for collecting soil electrical conductivity data from soil in said field; a soil moisture measurement device carried by said implement for collecting soil moisture data from soil in said field; whereby said optical module, said soil electrical conductivity measurement device and said soil moisture measurement device are arranged to measure soil reflectance, soil electrical conductivity and soil moisture, respectively, at approximately the same soil depth; wherein said soil electrical conductivity measurement device and said soil moisture measurement device are arranged to measure soil electrical conductivity and soil moisture, respectively, in proximity to said optical module; wherein said soil electrical conductivity measurement device and said soil moisture measurement device include at least one soil contact member carried by said implement, said at least one soil contact member being arranged for collecting both soil electrical conductivity data and soil moisture data from soil in said field; and wherein said optical module includes a hardened wear plate with a window, and wherein said at least one soil contact member protrudes from or is exposed on a bottom side of said hardened wear plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65854
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14253839', '14776504', '15452404', '14253304', '14818435']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4075555401968318
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5133130112314359
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4181312873002922
- Mean Citation Score: 297.49052
- Max Citation Score: 329.8161
- Similarity Product: 306.2484019205868

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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