PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748248
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["347", "171000"]

Abstract:
A method of operating a transfer printer ( 1 ), the transfer printer comprising first and second spool supports each being configured to support a spool ( 3,4 ) of ribbon ( 2 ), a ribbon drive configured to cause movement of ribbon ( 2 ) from the first spool support to the second spool support along a predetermined ribbon path, and a printhead ( 7 ), the printhead being configured to selectively transfer ink from the ribbon to a substrate as the substrate is moved relative to the printhead in a direction of substrate movement. The method comprises driving the ribbon in a direction parallel to the direction of substrate movement, printing a first plurality of images onto a first respective plurality of substrates, driving the ribbon in a direction opposite to the direction of substrate movement, driving the ribbon in the direction parallel to the direction of substrate movement, and printing a second plurality of images onto a second respective plurality of substrates. Printing each image of the first and second pluralities of images results in corresponding pluralities of first ( 15  a, b, c) and second ( 16   a, b, c ) negative images being formed on the ribbon, wherein each negative image of the first plurality of negative images ( 15   a, b, c ) is located adjacent a negative image of the second plurality of negative images ( 16   a, b, c ) on the ribbon.

Claim (Index 5):
A method according to  claim 1  wherein the first plurality of substrates comprise regions of a single substrate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.69014
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15523124', '13586157', '15523523', '15065225', '12691166']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8042353320263101
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.518838963871628
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.775695695210842
- Mean Citation Score: 265.643316
- Max Citation Score: 298.09515
- Similarity Product: 160.64532947968843

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

Dataset: test