PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15971287
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "110000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a supporting member (tray) for supporting cartridges, wherein the tray is movable to an outside position, a first inside position, and a second inside position; a first positioning portion, provided in a main assembly, for positioning an associated cartridge of the cartridges when the tray is located at the first inside position, and a first preventing portion, provided in the main assembly, for preventing rotation of the associated cartridge about the first positioning portion; and a second positioning portion, provided to the tray, for positioning the associated cartridge when the tray is located between the outside position and the second inside position. The second positioning portion is in a state in which the second positioning portion is spaced from the associated cartridge, when the tray is located at the first inside position.

Claim (Index 15):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 14 , wherein the first positioning portion and the first preventing portion are, in a state in which the supporting member is located at the second inside position, located between the second positioning portion and the second preventing portion with respect to the first direction in which the supporting member moves between the outside position and the second inside position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.1
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13650453', '14877029', '15292401', '15658482', '12724908']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8685113490727382
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.540888948397697
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.835749109005234
- Mean Citation Score: 360.3107
- Max Citation Score: 415.386
- Similarity Product: 360.4721182444096

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