PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15946269
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus includes a cylindrical heating rotating member, a nip portion forming member having first and second surfaces, and provided in a hollow portion of the heating rotating member so that the first surface contacts an inner surface of the heating rotating member, and a roller that, sandwiches the heating rotating member with the nip portion forming member to form a nip portion. A plurality of recessed portions are on the first surface, so a size of an area in which the first surface is in contact with the heating rotating member in an upstream area of the nip portion is less than a size of the area in which the first surface of the nip portion forming member is in contact with the heating rotating member in a downstream area of the nip portion with respect to a center of the nip portion.

Claim (Index 15):
The fixing apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the first surface of the nip portion forming member in the nip portion has a curved shape protruding in a direction away from the roller.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.98039
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15277061', '10784874', '14013206', '13833784', '11400410']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.811263790735451
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5218805875133635
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7823254704132423
- Mean Citation Score: 271.398498
- Max Citation Score: 342.96478
- Similarity Product: 269.3860343797242

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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