PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15992800
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "033000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a heat generating member extending in a longitudinal direction and having a first region and a second region, an endless belt, an opposing member opposing the endless belt, a heat conductive member extending in the longitudinal direction within the first region in which a surface of the heat conductive member contacts the heat generating member, a positioning portion extending from an end portion of the surface, an electric power shut-off member provided at a position corresponding to the second region, and a supporting member provided with an opening at a position corresponding to the second region and configured to support the heat generating member through the heat conductive member. The opening is configured to permit insertion of the positioning portion to prevent movement of the heat conductive member.

Claim (Index 7):
A fixing device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a spacer member provided in the second region of said heat generating member in contact with said heat generating member,\n wherein said electric power shut-off member contacts said spacer member at a portion thereof corresponding to the second region of said heat generating member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59259
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14141687', '14955334', '14938236', '15287987', '15294942']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8236056408244969
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4823674042667726
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7894818171687246
- Mean Citation Score: 222.196556
- Max Citation Score: 227.0837
- Similarity Product: 164.33623419193032

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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