PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880718
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["271", "147000"]

Abstract:
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion supported liftably between a standby position and a lifted position, a lifting portion arranged below the sheet supporting portion, and configured to lift the sheet supporting portion toward the lifted position by pressing the sheet supporting portion from below. The sheet supporting portion includes a supporting surface defining a non-interference region in which a width regulating portion can move in a width direction. A projected portion is provided on the lifting portion, and configured to project upward toward a non-interference region.

Claim (Index 1):
A sheet supporting apparatus comprising:\n a storage portion configured to store a sheet; a width regulating portion supported movably in a width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction on the storage portion, and configured to regulate a position of an end portion in the width direction of the sheet stored in the storage portion; a sheet supporting portion supported liftably between a standby position and a lifted position on the storage portion and configured to support the sheet, the sheet supporting portion comprising a supporting surface defining a non-interference region in which the width regulating portion can move in the width direction; a lifting portion arranged below the sheet supporting portion, and configured to lift the sheet supporting portion toward the lifted position by pressing the sheet supporting portion from below; and a projected portion provided on the lifting portion, and configured to project upward toward the non-interference region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13333
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14989978', '13569400', '13938503', '15629075', '15448835']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7477454791486599
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4562386478109869
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7185947960148926
- Mean Citation Score: 193.96389800000003
- Max Citation Score: 198.49655
- Similarity Product: 166.2260904096663

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