PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16062847
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["405", "017000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods related to the suppression of invasive plant species by laying down a fabric over beds of such invasive plants. A watercraft with a fabric laying mechanism is provided with the mechanism automatically guiding the fabric from a fabric stockpile to a frame that spreads the fabric prior to the fabric being laid over the underwater plant bed. The watercraft may be provided with a device for dispensing material over the fabric that has been laid down to weigh down or hold down the fabric. Preferably, the fabric is biodegradable and the material is natural to the area. In one implementation, the fabric (e.g jute burlap) is coarsely woven from natural plant fibers.

Claim (Index 19):
A method according to  claim 17 , further comprising a step of depositing a material over said fabric after said fabric covers said portion of said plant bed, said material being for weighing down said fabric.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84286
- Patent Class: 405.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13385248', '13527026', '13526999', '15522588', '10300991']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7216802129922579
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4907023341242463
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6985824251054569
- Mean Citation Score: 136.118504
- Max Citation Score: 148.31322
- Similarity Product: 89.50648145326137

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

Dataset: test