PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16239135
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["399", "033000"]

Abstract:
An energization controlling portion selectively controls energization of a plurality of heat generating elements so that electric power to be supplied to the heat generating elements to heat a non-image heating region, through which an image formed on a recording material does not pass, among a plurality of heating regions of an image heating portion, is smaller than electric power to be supplied to the heat generating elements to heat an image heating region, through which the image passes, among the plurality of heating regions. When an abnormality detecting portion detects an abnormality in an image forming apparatus, the energization controlling portion increases the electric power to be supplied to the heat generating elements to heat the non-image heating region.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus, comprising:\n an image heating portion that includes a heater including a substrate and a plurality of heat generating elements provided on the substrate and aligned in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and heats an image formed on a recording material using heat of the heater; an energization controlling portion for controlling electric power to be supplied to the plurality of heat generating elements, the energization controlling portion selectively controlling the electric power to be supplied to the plurality of heat generating elements so that electric power to be supplied to the heat generating elements to heat a non-image heating region, through which the image does not pass, among a plurality of heating regions that are heated by the plurality of heat generating elements, is smaller than electric power to be supplied to the heat generating elements to heat an image heating region, through which the image passes, among the plurality of heating regions; and an abnormality detecting portion for detecting an abnormality in the image forming apparatus, wherein when the abnormality detecting portion detects the abnormality, the energization controlling portion increases the electric power to be supplied to the heat generating elements to heat the non-image heating region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.56
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15631394', '15876455', '16052925', '15632870', '15878684']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8252847801467877
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4845834570089841
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7912146478330073
- Mean Citation Score: 270.6640980000001
- Max Citation Score: 278.5976
- Similarity Product: 242.4360406315804

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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