PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972327
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["270", "032000"]

Abstract:
A sheet processing apparatus is configured to press a fold line that is formed on a sheet. The sheet processing apparatus includes: a sheet supporting unit configured to support the sheet in a pressing direction for pressing the fold line; a pressing unit configured to press the fold line that is formed on the sheet that is supported by the sheet supporting unit; and a pressing-force generating unit configured to generate a pressing force for pressing the sheet supporting unit against the pressing unit at a central part in a direction along which the fold line is formed.

Claim (Index 1):
A sheet processing apparatus configured to press a fold line that is formed on a sheet, the sheet processing apparatus comprising:\n a sheet supporting unit configured to support the sheet in a pressing direction for pressing the fold line; a pressing unit configured to press the fold line that is formed on the sheet that is supported by the sheet supporting unit; and a pressing-force generating unit configured to generate a pressing force for pressing the sheet supporting unit against the pressing unit at a central part in a direction along which the fold line is formed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.575
- Patent Class: 270.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14699303', '15479794', '14882986', '14609900', '14705396']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7131442358537542
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4868900138012515
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6905188136485039
- Mean Citation Score: 296.55559
- Max Citation Score: 348.3701
- Similarity Product: 327.1243241485178

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

Dataset: test