PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16228202
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing device, and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a selection signal indicating which mode is selected from among options. The options include at least two modes, including a first mode in which an image is formed using a non-decolorable first toner, a second mode in which the image is formed using a decolorable second toner, and a third mode in which the image is erased by heating a sheet on which the image is formed by the second toner using the fixing device at a decolorizing temperature. The control circuit sets a different standby temperature in accordance with the mode indicated by the selection signal, and controls a temperature of the fixing device to be the standby temperature, in a standby state before an operation start reception.

Claim (Index 17):
The method according to  claim 16 ,\n further comprising changing the mode from the current mode to the different mode after the current mode is selected a second predetermined number of times.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30769
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15995352', '16021097', '15678395', '14718380', '14551288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8060428397247896
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4900971833699731
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7744482740893079
- Mean Citation Score: 208.151438
- Max Citation Score: 229.78696
- Similarity Product: 149.28079211593624

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

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