PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16014613
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "316000"]

Abstract:
Provided is an image forming apparatus wherein a transfer material transport guide  35  is disposed in an optical sensor unit  29  to support a color deviation sensor, which is disposed near an intermediate transfer belt  6 . By changing the position of the optical sensor unit  29 , the grounding path of the transfer material transport guide  35  can be changed, and both the transfer bias leak prevention for the transfer material transport guide  35  and the electrostatic breakdown prevention for the color deviation sensor can be implemented. As a result, the apparatus can be downsized, and only when the intermediate transfer belt is replaced, the optical sensor unit  29  can be moved to create a space necessary for the replacement.

Claim (Index 5):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein\n the electric unit further comprises a second conductive member that is electrically connected with the guide member via a resistance member and that is grounded via the resistance member, the electric unit further comprises a support receiving portion that is conductive and that is electrically connected with the guide member, the displacement mechanism further comprises a second support portion that contacts the support receiving portion to support the electric unit, the displacement mechanism further comprises a contact portion that is conductive and that contacts the support receiving portion to be electrically connected with the support receiving portion and that is grounded via a third conductive member, when the support receiving portion is engaged with the engaging portion, the second support portion contacts the support receiving portion to support the electric unit such that the electric unit is positioned at a first position and the guide member is grounded via the resistance member, and when the support receiving portion is disengaged from the engaging portion, the electric unit is positioned at a second position where the contact portion contacts the support receiving portion and the guide member is grounded via the third conductive member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13333
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12266769', '12334626', '15607308', '13676960', '12828516']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7849918291528175
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4815576420030997
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7546484104378458
- Mean Citation Score: 173.40393
- Max Citation Score: 178.0886
- Similarity Product: 123.30902050646544

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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