PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920304
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["435", "292100"]

Abstract:
An algal growth method includes the steps of providing an algal growth system, the algal growth system including a frame, a first flexible sheet material mounted on a first frame in a first mounted geometry, the first flexible sheet material having a substantially vertical orientation when mounted on the first frame, a second flexible sheet material mounted on a second frame in a second mounted geometry, where the second flexible sheet material has a substantially vertical orientation, a first drive shaft, a second drive shaft, an actuator system, wherein the actuator system is coupled with the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft, a motor, a harvesting mechanism, and a reservoir, and operating the algal growth system, and harvesting algae from the algal growth system.

Claim (Index 9):
An algal growth method comprising the steps of:\n providing an algal growth system, the algal growth system including;\n a. a frame; \n b. a first flexible sheet material mounted on a first frame in a first mounted geometry, the first flexible sheet material having a substantially vertical orientation when mounted on the first frame such that a height of the first mounted geometry is greater than a width of the first mounted geometry; \n c. a second flexible sheet material mounted on a second frame in a second mounted geometry, the first flexible sheet material and the second flexible sheet material being noncontiguous, where the second flexible sheet material has a substantially vertical orientation when mounted on the second frame such that a height of the second mounted geometry is greater than a width of the second mounted geometry; \n d. a first drive shaft, the first drive shaft being coupled with the first frame, wherein the first drive shaft actuates the first flexible sheet material, and a second drive shaft, the second drive shaft being coupled with the second frame, wherein the second drive shaft actuates the second flexible sheet material; \n e. an actuator system, wherein the actuator system is coupled with the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft such that the first flexible sheet material and the second flexible sheet material are concurrently actuated; \n f. a motor, motor being coupled with the actuator system, wherein the motor actuates the actuator system and the first drive shaft such that the first flexible sheet material is actuated and the second drive shaft such that the second flexible sheet material is actuated concurrently; and \n g. a harvesting mechanism; and \n h. a reservoir, at least a portion of the reservoir being positioned beneath the frame; \n operating the algal growth system; and harvesting algae from the algal growth system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0
- Patent Class: 435.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15900493', '14214390', '14436891', '13089380', '13554389']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5453266370250451
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5742944734905154
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5482234206715922
- Mean Citation Score: 271.470062
- Max Citation Score: 452.91867
- Similarity Product: 420.7170719838919

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