PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927589
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "328000"]

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus includes: first and second pressure members each of which is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of an endless belt and nips the endless belt between itself and a cylindrical member; a frame supporting the first and second pressure members; an actuator that moves the first pressure member between a first position and a second position in a movement direction of a portion, of the endless belt, positioned between the first and second pressure members; and an elastic body that generates nipping force to nip the endless belt. The nipping force by the elastic body is generated between the cylindrical member and the first and second pressure members, both in a case that the first pressure member is positioned in the first position and a case that the first pressure member is positioned in the second position.

Claim (Index 13):
The fixing apparatus according to  claim 10 ,\n wherein the first pressure member includes a pressure roller and a bearing configured to support a rotation shaft of the pressure roller, wherein the frame includes a fitting hole into which the bearing is fit, and wherein a length of the fitting hole in the movement direction is longer than an outer diameter of the bearing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.72727
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15001616', '13795267', '12396682', '15057374', '14171902']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.831206137572366
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4765446052092156
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7957399843360511
- Mean Citation Score: 205.788088
- Max Citation Score: 209.42975
- Similarity Product: 154.04669887165727

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