PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118106
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["399", "220000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a groove, an exposure device and an adjustment member. In the groove, a rotation shaft of a photosensitive drum is inserted. The exposure device is configured to emit a laser light on the photosensitive drum to form an electrostatic latent image. The adjustment member is configured to shift the rotation shaft vertically in the groove to adjust a skew of the laser light.

Claim (Index 7):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 6 ,\n wherein the lock mechanism includes: a plurality of recesses provided in the dial at equal center angles; a protrusion provided in a supporting member by which the dial is supported, the protrusion being configured to be engaged with one of the plurality of recesses in a rotation axis direction of the dial; and a spring configured to bias the dial along the rotation axis direction and to make one of the plurality of recesses engage with the protrusion, wherein when the dial is rotated, the dial is biased by the spring and then one of the plurality of recesses is engaged with the protrusion to restrict the dial from being rotated and to generate a click feeling.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89744
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15212604', '14898898', '10922940', '11972236', '15051774']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7810664857815084
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4808281038263849
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.751042647585996
- Mean Citation Score: 162.172052
- Max Citation Score: 165.91975
- Similarity Product: 112.45875494137404

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

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