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 7):
A seed meter, comprising:\n a seed meter housing having an interior volume and defining a seed exit, said seed meter housing having a seed side housing portion and a vacuum side housing portion, said seed side housing in seed communication with a seed source and defining a seed pool area, said vacuum side housing in communication with a vacuum source, said meter housing pivotable about a generally horizontal axis between a working orientation and a transport orientation, whereby in said working orientation said seed exit is oriented generally toward a direction of gravity, and whereby in said transport orientation said seed exit is oriented at an angle relative to said direction of gravity; a seed disc rotatable disposed within said interior volume of said seed meter housing between said seed side housing portion and said vacuum side housing portion; at least one brush disposed in said seed side portion of said seed meter housing; a flap pivotally disposed in said seed side housing portion, whereby when said housing is in said working position, said flap pivots under influence of gravity such that said flap is generally parallel to said direction of gravity, and whereby when said housing is in said transport orientation said flap pivots under influence of gravity such that said flap is at an angle relative to said direction of gravity and cooperates with said seed disc and said at least one brush to prevent seed in said seed pool from entering said seed exit.

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): 0.7058698421345995
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5007745348431721
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6853603114054568
- Mean Citation Score: 218.42222
- Max Citation Score: 287.5324700000001
- Similarity Product: 225.78040130964283

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