PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15869217
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["504", "124000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an aqueous agrochemical spray solution containing an agrochemical active and a surfactant. The spray solution comprises a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns and the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %. The aqueous agrochemical spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the surfactant. The present invention also relates to a method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus. The method includes adding the surfactant to the aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form the dispersed phase.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus, which comprises adding at least one surfactant to said aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns, wherein said at least one surfactant comprises an alkyl dimethylamidopropylamine oxide or an alkyl dimethylamidopropylamine betaine, wherein the alkyl group is a C12-C22, saturated or non-saturated, linear or branched alkyl group derived from the oil of coco, soy, palm, castor, tallow, corn, lard, peanut or tall, including the epoxydized version of the oil, wherein the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %, wherein said aqueous spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less to than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the said surfactant, and wherein said aqueous agrochemical spray solution does not comprise either (a) a tertiary amine surfactant of the formula: wherein R 1  represents a straight or branched chain (C 12 -C 22 ) alkyl and R 2  and R 3  independently represent a straight or branched chain (C 1 -C 22 ) alkyl; or (b) a tertiary amine oxide surfactant of the formula: wherein R 4  is a straight or branched chain (C 10 -C 22 ) alkyl or an alkyletherpropyl, and R 5  and R 6  independently are straight or branched chain (C 1 -C 22 ) alkyl or ethoxylates or propoxylates of the formula: wherein n is an integer from 1 to 20.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0274
- Patent Class: 504.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14369022', '13992808', '14191699', '13059449', '14773423']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6740433270244585
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.676981524042599
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6743371467262725
- Mean Citation Score: 342.501262
- Max Citation Score: 635.6511
- Similarity Product: 602.5392454324365

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

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