PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16259485
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a main body and a post-processing device. The main body includes an operation panel and a first controller that switches an action mode to a first action mode or a second action mode. The post-processing device includes an operation receiving section and a second controller. The operation receiving section receives an operation by a user and outputs an operation signal. The operation receiving section is in an unreachable position for the user when operating the operation panel. The first controller switches the action mode upon determining that an operation indicated by the operation signal received through the second controller matches a predetermined operation. The second controller controls action of the post-processing device independent of control by the first controller in the second action mode.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n a main body; and a post-processing device connected to the main body, wherein the main body includes:\n an operation panel configured to receive an operation by a user; and \n a first controller configured to switch an action mode to either a first action mode or a second action mode differing from the first action mode, \n the post-processing device includes:\n a casing; \n a post-processing section configured to perform post-processing on a sheet; \n an operation receiving section located on the casing and configured to output an operation signal indicating an operation by the user; and \n a second controller configured to control action of the post-processing device based on control by the first controller in the first action mode, \n the operation receiving section is in an unreachable position for the user when operating the operation panel, the second controller transmits the operation signal to the first controller upon receiving the operation signal, the first controller determines whether or not the operation indicated by the operation signal matches a predetermined operation, the first controller switches the action mode upon determining that the operation indicated by the operation signal matches the predetermined operation, and the second controller controls action of the post-processing device independent of the control by the first controller in the second action mode.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14095272', '09737280', '12496161', '14108013', '15712590']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4840843775418686
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4681726381450045
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4824932036021823
- Mean Citation Score: 154.02706399999997
- Max Citation Score: 158.62317
- Similarity Product: 121.53459668147384

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

Dataset: test