PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16070012
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "333000"]

Abstract:
A cylindrical fixing member for use with a fixing device includes a heat generating layer and an electrode layer contacting the heat generating layer. The electrode layer is smaller in volume resistance value than the heat generating layer. The electrode layer is formed in a helical shape so that a helical axis thereof extends in a direction along a generatrix direction of the fixing member. One end and the other end of the electrode layer are electrically open.

Claim (Index 8):
A fixing device comprising:\n a cylindrical fixing member, wherein said cylindrical fixing member includes, a heat generating layer and an electrode layer contacting said heat generating layer, wherein said electrode layer is smaller in volume resistance value than said heat generating layer, wherein said electrode layer is formed in a helical shape so that a helical axis thereof extends in a direction along a generatrix direction of said fixing member, and wherein one end and the other end of said electrode layer are electrically open; a coil provided at a hollow portion of said cylindrical fixing member, wherein said coil includes a helical-stepped portion having a helical axis extending in a direction along the generatrix direction of said cylindrical fixing member, and a magnetic field is formed for subjecting said heat generating layer to electromagnetic induction heating by causing an alternating current to flow through said coil; and a magnetic core provided inside the helical-stepped portion of said coil and extending in the generatrix direction, wherein an image formed on a recording material is fixed on the recording material by heat from said cylindrical fixing member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82222
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14802159', '14570291', '14837555', '15358954', '14573450']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8046523768672602
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5083027109944485
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7750174102799791
- Mean Citation Score: 299.5958040000001
- Max Citation Score: 314.3008
- Similarity Product: 254.4118037162781

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

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