PRELIMINARY SEARCH REPORT

TENTATIVE TITLE E-Maize-Ing: An Electronic Maize Trading Machine

SHORT DESCRIPTION An Electronic Maize Trading Machine is a machine
developed to aid farmers in selling maize at farm gate
prices according to its weight and moisture content.
AGENCY/AFFILIATION/ University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao
SCHOOL/COMPANY
SOURCE OF R&D FUNDS (i.e. None
DOST)
INVENTOR(S) Ms. Jannah Mae Bumanglag, Ms. Joi Tatiana Cue, Mr.
Jaret Lara, Ms. Aries Pee Riambon & Ms. Darren Tagao
DATE SEARCH REPORT AS MADE January 20, 2019

KEYWORDS USED Maize, Capacitive Moisture Sensor, Thermal Printer, Maize

Moisture Content, Trading Machine, Load Sensor,

Please use the following websites to conduct your preliminary search report:

OFFICE WEBSITE SPECIFIC URL

US Patent and Trademark Office
World Intellectual Property Office
European Patent Office
IP Philippines
Google
www.uspto.gov http://www.upsto.gov/patents/process/search /index.jsp
www.wipo.int http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/
www.espacenet.com http://worldwide.espacenet.com/?locate=en_EP
www.ipophil.gov.ph http://onlineservices.ipophil.gov.ph/ipophilsearch/patents.aspx
www.google.com https://www.google.com.patentsearch

RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY SEARCH:

Website Keywords used No. of hits

i.e. Google.com Papaya seeds 889,000
google.com Maize 73,100,000
google.com Capacitive Moisture Sensor 1,190,000
google.com Thermal Printer 73,100,000
www.uspto.gov Maize Moisture Content 51
patentscope.wipo.int Trading Machine 3,695
patentscope.wipo.int Load Sensor 1,219,569

Closest technology, if any: Corn Moisture Measurement using a Capacitive Sensor

Advantage(s) from the closest technology: a) classifying the maize according to its moisture
content; b) measuring the weight of the maize input; c) computing the price according to
weight and moisture content; and d) dispensing the corresponding receipt with the
computed price.

I declare that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

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Signature above Printed Name of Applicant