PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15910308
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["047", "063000"]

Abstract:
A plant container is provided which is designed to be inserted within the slot of a hydroponic tower, where the hydroponic tower includes both a matrix media and a moisture and nutrient transport system (e.g., a wicking strip). The plant container includes (i) a plant cup configured to hold a plant's root structure along with a small portion of plant growth media; (ii) an insertion blade that insures that as the plant container is inserted into the hydroponic tower slot, the matrix media and the associated wicking strips are pushed to either side of the plant cup; and (iii) a handling member that aids container insertion and removal, and which may include an alignment surface that insures that the plant container is fully inserted and aligned during the insertion procedure.

Claim (Index 1):
A plant container configured to be inserted within a slot in a hydroponic tower, wherein the hydroponic tower includes a matrix media and a wicking strip, the plant container comprising:\n a plant cup configured to contain a plant root structure and a growth medium, wherein a central axis corresponding to said plant cup is angled upwards at an angle off horizontal when the plant container is fully inserted into the slot of the hydroponic tower, said plant cup comprising:\n an open front face, wherein said open front face of said plant cup is proximate to a front surface of said hydroponic tower when the plant container is fully inserted into the slot of the hydroponic tower; \n a rear portion distal from said open front face; and \n at least one opening within at least one side surface of said plant cup, said at least one opening configured to allow passage of a water/nutrient mix transported by said wicking strip to said plant root structure contained within said plant cup; \n an insertion blade extending from said rear portion of said plant cup, said insertion blade configured to push aside the matrix media and the wicking strip during insertion of the plant container into the slot of the hydroponic tower; and a handling rail proximate to said open front face and extending from a first side surface of said plant cup, said handling rail comprising a first gripping surface, wherein said first gripping surface extends away from said front surface of said hydroponic tower when the plant container is fully inserted into the slot of the hydroponic tower.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 40.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96
- Patent Class: 47.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15910601', '13666996', '15308090', '15098744', '15582165']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7066294389837179
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4848548349789282
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6844519785832389
- Mean Citation Score: 205.906124
- Max Citation Score: 219.703
- Similarity Product: 156.70090826934575

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test