PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16382442
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "114000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including a process cartridge and a main body with an opening and a cover, is provided. The process cartridge includes a drum cartridge, a toner cartridge, and a switching member. The switching member switches states in the process cartridge between a first state, wherein the toner cartridge is restricted from being detached, and a second state, wherein the toner cartridge is released from the restriction. The process cartridge is movable between an attached position to be placed entirely inside the main body and a detached position to be entirely outside the main body. The main body includes a restrictor to restrict the process cartridge from moving from an intermediate position toward the detached position. While the process cartridge is restricted by the restrictor, a supportive part in the cover supports the process cartridge with the switching member being at least partly placed outside the main body.

Claim (Index 14):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 4 ,\n wherein the process cartridge further comprises a switching member configured to switch states in the process cartridge, while the toner cartridge is attached to the drum cartridge, between a first state, in which the toner cartridge is restricted from being detached from the drum cartridge, and a second state, in which the toner cartridge is released to be detachable from the drum cartridge; wherein the toner cartridge comprises a first projection projecting along an axial direction of the photosensitive drum; wherein the switching member comprises:\n a shaft extending in the axial direction; \n a second projection extending in a first direction, the first direction being orthogonal to the axial direction, the second projection being engageable with the first projection; and \n an operable part arranged to extend from the shaft in a second direction being a different direction from the first direction; and \n wherein the operable part is placed outside the inner space when the process cartridge is restricted from moving by the restrictor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64516
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15370809', '16137158', '15364996', '16014538', '15875746']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.821380583550812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5321965035356939
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7924621755493002
- Mean Citation Score: 315.291208
- Max Citation Score: 374.616
- Similarity Product: 333.1574369573593

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

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