PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15865105
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["111", "120000"]

Abstract:
A seed meter includes a seed disc rotatable in a direction of rotation. The seed disc has a plurality of seed apertures defining a circular path as the seed disc rotates and on which seeds from a seed source are entrained. A singulator is disposed along to the circular path. The singulator has a plurality of outer lobes and a first orientation lobe located downstream of the outer lobes. As the entrained seeds rotate along the circular path, the first orientation lobe contacts the entrained seeds to change their orientation. In some embodiments, the first orientation lobe may be disposed to remove excess seeds from the apertures and a second orientation lobe may change the orientation of the entrained seed.

Claim (Index 1):
A seed meter comprising:\n a seed disc rotatable in a direction of rotation, said seed disc including a seed side having a plurality of seed apertures, said plurality of seed apertures defining a circular path as said seed disc rotates in said direction of travel, said plurality of seed apertures entraining seeds from a seed pool as said seed disc rotates in said direction of travel; a first brush disposed in said seed meter on said seed side; a second brush disposed in said seed meter on said seed side; and a flap pivotably attached to a lower end of said first brush; wherein when said seed meter is in a transport position, said flap pivots under gravity and contacts said second brush, and wherein when said seed meter is in a working position, said flap pivots under gravity away from said second brush.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28571
- Patent Class: 111.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15593950', '13804630', '15000191', '14006569', '13829716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7055406967249449
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5030432784142955
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.68529095489388
- Mean Citation Score: 218.42222
- Max Citation Score: 287.5324700000001
- Similarity Product: 215.8290301303936

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

Dataset: test