PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16293814
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["521", "040000"]

Abstract:
The disclosed invention describes a novel approach to the utilization of the fine mineral matter derived from coal and/or coal refuse (a by-product of coal refining) to convert a non-biodegradable plastic into a biodegradable plastic. The fine mineral matter could also be based on volcanic basalt, glacial rock dust deposits, iron potassium silicate and other sea shore mined deposits. The conversion of the non-biodegradable plastic into biodegradable plastic in soil further increases nutrients availability in soil with the transition metals released as a result of biodegradation of the biodegradable plastic.

Claim (Index 24):
A modified soil composition comprising:\n a non-biodegradable polyolefin; and an amount of fine mineral matter, wherein the fine mineral matter is derived from coal and/or mined from natural resources including volcanic basalt, glacial rock dust deposits, iron potassium silicate and/or sea shore deposits, with particle sizes ranging from less than about 50 \u03bcm to about 2 \u03bcm, and wherein the fine mineral matter causes the non-biodegradable polyolefin to become biodegradable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53968
- Patent Class: 521.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14694735', '15580173', '14978860', '12722586', '15578689']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7804003789808804
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4883018634521749
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.75119052742801
- Mean Citation Score: 157.864462
- Max Citation Score: 185.12776
- Similarity Product: 124.4660681694126

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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