PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16030680
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["047", "057600"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the airborne dissemination and implantation of seeds utilizing an aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus with built-in nutrients, anti-pest, and anti-fungal properties that can be disseminated rapidly from an airborne platform. The velocity of impact and depth of penetration into specific soil types by the delivery apparatus can be controlled up to a terminal velocity kinetic energy by exploiting a specified drag coefficient, mass, and altitude of release. The seeds are delivered and imbedded into the soil at the optimal depth and orientation to maximize germination rates, since seed orientation has a pronounced effect on germination and sprout mortality rates. Flight paths for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) utilized for dissemination can be automated to adjust coordinates based on wind vectors, terrain elevation data, and soil permeability data to efficiently achieve a desired penetration depth across a specified geographic area.

Claim (Index 10):
A method to calculate a flight path of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) comprising:\n a. a delineated geographic area for the desired dissemination of seeds, b. a dissemination apparatus is on the UAV, c. said dissemination apparatus is configured to release a plurality of aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus, d. a predetermined rate of release of said dissemination apparatus is specified, e. a predetermined area of coverage for said dissemination apparatus is specified from a coordinate above said delineated geographic area, f. a means to enable and disable release of aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus from said dissemination apparatus, g. a specified depth of implantation desired for said aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus on said delineated geographic area, h. a specified penetrability of the target soil within said delineated geographic area, i. a specified density of seed distribution desired on said delineated geographic area, j. a specified drag coefficient of said aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus, k. a specified mass of said aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus, l. a specified cross-section of said aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus, whereby said flight path will span said delineated geographic area such that said aerodynamic seed delivery apparatus are released from an elevation above said target soil such that sufficient velocity is achieved to ensure said specified depth of implantation is achieved throughout the said geographic area at said density of seed distribution by utilizing said means to enable and disable release.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.62245
- Patent Class: 47.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15046301', '10567194', '14295895', '13125062', '15453332']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6694121192115168
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4729388446962917
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6497647917599942
- Mean Citation Score: 112.1758088
- Max Citation Score: 114.10589
- Similarity Product: 71.97058986164987

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

Dataset: test