US Patent Law
You co-own a small company that develops innovative formulations for fertilizers and the only one who understands the patent system. The company started selling two novel fertilizer formulations two months ago and they seem to engender a great interest. You believe that both fertilizer formulations could be patented and started working on a patent application. The first formulation contains ingredients A, B, C and D. The second formulation has ingredients E, F, G, H and I. The fertilizer comes in a granular form. Your development team had some exciting news the other day. The team developed a liquid material that could be atomize sprayed on the granules to form a film on the granules after the liquid spray cures and dries on the granules. The film contains ingredients J, K, L and M. The film has the unique property of being able to absorb water when it rains and lock onto the rain moisture for a long period of time. The moisture could be absorbed by the plants over a period of time which could be useful in arid climates. Experiments the team conducted indicate that the film adheres well onto the granules and can absorb water at a weight ratio of at least 5 times to its own weight.
Draft claims to protect the two novel fertilizer formulations as well as the film and its formula. Show all possible structures of the applicable independent claims sets and their corresponding dependent claims. Indicate the placement of the various ingredients in the claims. Include in the claims features and functionalities that could be useful to improve protection. (I am looking for a detailed claim structure for the both the independent and dependent claims as I showed in the examples in class).