PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16130174
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["399", "071000"]

Abstract:
Provided is an image forming apparatus, including: an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; an image bearing member charging unit which applies image bearing member charging voltage; a developer bearing member to which developing voltage for developing the electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member is applied and which bears and transports a developer; a primary transfer unit which transfers a developer image on the image bearing member to an intermediate transfer member; and a charging member which charges a developer on the intermediate transfer member, the developer image being first primarily transferred and then secondarily transferred to a recording material, wherein the image forming apparatus operates in: a first mode in which a residual developer on the intermediate transfer member after the secondary transfer is electrostatically removed from the intermediate transfer member; and a second mode.

Claim (Index 19):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein\n when executing the cleaning mode during the non-image formation period, the cleaning unit sets a polarity of voltage applied to the transfer member to a same polarity as a normal charging polarity of the developer, and as compared to when executing the cleaning mode during the image formation period, reduces an absolute value of voltage applied to the charging member and, at the same time, reduces an absolute value of a difference in potential Vback between voltage applied to the developer bearing member and surface voltage prior to formation of an electrostatic latent image on the charged image bearing member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13960060', '14858124', '15264020', '13860707', '11874751']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8669836690523129
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5194008697783711
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8322253891249188
- Mean Citation Score: 334.867248
- Max Citation Score: 351.51645
- Similarity Product: 220.3717656085253

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