PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15910075
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["271", "125000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a first casing, a pivotable second casing, a pivotable document cover, and a lock mechanism including a movable hook and a fixed hook. The second casing has a document support surface. When the second casing is at a first position in which the second casing covers an upper surface of the first casing, and the document cover is at a fourth position in which the document cover reveals the document support surface, the movable hook is engaged with the fixed hook. When the second casing is at the first position, and the document cover is at a third position in which the document cover covers the document support surface, the movable hook is disengaged from the fixed hook.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus, comprising:\n an image forming unit; a first casing that houses the image forming unit therein; a second casing; a document cover; and a lock mechanism; wherein the second casing comprises:\n a document support surface located at an upper surface of the second casing; and \n a positioning column protruding upward relative to the document support surface, \n wherein the second casing is connected to the first casing, disposed above the first casing, and configured to pivot between a first position in which the second casing covers an upper surface of the first casing, and a second position in which the second casing reveals the upper surface of the first casing, wherein the document cover is connected to the second casing, disposed above the second casing, and configured to pivot between a third position in which the document cover covers the document support surface, and a fourth position in which the document cover reveals the document support surface, wherein the document cover has a positioning recess, in which the positioning column of the second casing fits when the document cover is at the third position, wherein the lock mechanism comprises:\n a fixed hook disposed at the first casing; \n a movable hook disposed in the second casing; \n a pressed portion configured to move in association with the movable hook; and \n an actuator disposed in the positioning recess; \n wherein the positioning column has a cutout portion configured to receive the pressed portion, wherein when the second casing is at the first position and the document cover is at the fourth position, the pressed portion is located in the cutout portion and the movable hook is engaged with the fixed hook, and wherein when the second casing is at the first position and the document cover is at the third position, the positioning column fits in the positioning recess, and the actuator contacts the pressed portion, thereby disengaging the movable hook from the fixed hook.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.11628
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15017124', '15715908', '14667239', '11614612', '12010262']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7405315390053782
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4692588249576321
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7134042676006036
- Mean Citation Score: 171.51874600000005
- Max Citation Score: 179.44318
- Similarity Product: 125.81905636857032

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

Dataset: test