PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921946
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["399", "284000"]

Abstract:
A developing device and image forming apparatus are provided. The developing device includes a chassis; a developer carrying member; a thickness regulating member; a supply member; and a conveying member. In a state in which the developing device is attached to a main body an opening of the chassis faces upward; the thickness regulating member pressure-contacts the developer carrying member from below the developer carrying member; the conveying member is disposed below the developer carrying member; the supply member overlaps a portion of the conveying member in a horizontal direction; and a portion of the conveying member is disposed within a vertical projection plane between a pressure-contact position of the thickness regulating member to the developer carrying member, and a contact position of the supply member to the developer carrying member. The image forming apparatus includes a main body; a plurality of photosensitive members; and a plurality of developing devices.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus, comprising:\n a main casing; a process unit detachably attachable to the main body in a first direction; and a developer cartridge detachably attachable to the main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured to accommodate developer therein, wherein the process unit includes:\n a photosensitive body; \n a developer carrying member configured to rotate and carry developer to the photosensitive body; \n a thickness regulating member configured to contact the developer carrying member and regulate a thickness of developer on the developer carrying member; \n a supply member configured to rotate and carry developer to the developer carrying member; and \n a first developer moving member configured to rotate and move developer supplied from the developer cartridge, and \n wherein when the process unit is attached to the main body, the developer carrying member at least partially overlaps with the supply member viewed in the first direction and the first developer moving member at least partially overlaps with the supply member viewed in the first direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.84483
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12710660', '13614289', '12040133', '14755997', '13073239']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8385473450659712
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5142844292874369
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8061210534881178
- Mean Citation Score: 328.37909
- Max Citation Score: 353.78268
- Similarity Product: 301.88433367107154

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

Dataset: test