PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051503
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "093000"]

Abstract:
A powder processing apparatus includes: a fixing unit that is provided in an apparatus housing and heats powder containing ultrafine particles to fix the powder on a processed medium; an exhaust unit including an exhaust path through which air near the fixing unit can be exhausted, a capturing part capable of capturing the ultrafine particles, and an airflow generating part that generates exhaust airflow, the exhaust unit exhausting the air near the fixing unit to the outside of the apparatus housing through the exhaust path; and an intake unit including an intake path through which air outside the apparatus housing can be taken in, a capturing part capable of capturing the ultrafine particles, and an airflow generating part that generates intake airflow, the intake unit taking the air outside the apparatus housing into the apparatus housing through the intake path. An intake port is provided below an exhaust port.

Claim (Index 12):
A powder processing apparatus comprising:\n fixing means provided in an apparatus housing, the fixing means heating powder containing ultrafine particles to fix the powder on a processed medium; exhaust means including an exhaust path through which air in the vicinity of the fixing means can be exhausted, first capturing means capable of capturing the ultrafine particles, and first airflow generating means for generating exhaust airflow, the first capturing means and the first airflow generating means being provided in part of the exhaust path, the exhaust means exhausting the air in the vicinity of the fixing means to the outside of the apparatus housing through the exhaust path; and intake means having an intake path through which air outside the apparatus housing can be taken in, second capturing means capable of capturing the ultrafine particles, and second airflow generating means for generating intake airflow, the second capturing means and the second airflow generating means being provided in part of the intake path, the intake means taking the air outside the apparatus housing into the apparatus housing through the intake path, wherein an intake port of the intake means is provided below an exhaust port of the exhaust means in a gravity direction and the intake port is closer to a ground than the exhaust port.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.90909
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14024929', '11414176', '14150113', '14658912', '13779105']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8007227016041116
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4792420956705083
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7685746410107512
- Mean Citation Score: 188.377038
- Max Citation Score: 200.69267
- Similarity Product: 137.03588480435369

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