PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16130868
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["358", "001120"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus  100  allowing insertion of an insert-sheet between discharged sheets of recording paper includes: an image forming unit  122  forming an image on the recording paper; an operation unit  130  designating an insertion position for inserting the insert-sheet; a discharge unit discharging the sheets of recording paper having images formed and the insert-sheet; and a control unit  102  controlling timing for inserting the insert-sheet. The insertion position is designated by a copy-by-copy basis with one copy being a set of sheets of recording paper having all images included in a job instructing image formation on the recording paper formed thereon. The control unit  102  controls the discharge unit such that the sheets of recording paper having the image formed thereon are discharged by the number determined from the insertion position and thereafter the insert-sheet is discharged. Thus, the insert-sheet can be inserted at an arbitrary position designated on the copy-by-copy basis, and the user can easily handle the output sheets of recording paper.

Claim (Index 10):
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus allowing insertion of an insert-sheet indicating separation between a plurality of sheets of recording paper each having an image formed on its surface and then discharged, comprising the steps of:\n an image forming step of forming an image on the recording paper; an input step of designating an insertion position to insert said insert-sheet; and a discharge step of discharging said recording paper having the image formed thereon and said insert-sheet; wherein said insertion position is designated on a copy-by-copy basis, each copy being a set of sheets of recording paper on which all images included in a job instructing image formation on the recording paper are formed; said discharge step includes a step of discharging the sheets of recording paper having the images formed thereon by the number of copies determined from said insertion position, and thereafter discharging said insert-sheet shifted in a prescribed direction; and said input step includes a display step of displaying pieces of information each indicating each of the number of said sets on which image formation is instructed, in a manner distinguishable from each other and in the order of discharge of said sets, and an insertion designating step of designating said insertion position by designating whether or not said insert-sheet is to be inserted between said pieces of information indicating consecutively discharged two said sets.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28571
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14390191', '09778993', '12401467', '14263475', '13172150']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5255212728688456
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5895657972447597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.531925725306437
- Mean Citation Score: 316.1181180000001
- Max Citation Score: 502.96548
- Similarity Product: 449.6246644756222

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

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