PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887704
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["399", "313000"]

Abstract:
A transfer device includes a rubbing member provided in contact with a transfer belt, a supporting member supporting the rubbing member, and a damping member configured to damp vibration of the transfer device. The damping member is fastened to the supporting member, and an end of the damping member in a width direction that is orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the transfer belt is a free end.

Claim (Index 18):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n a rubbing unit that includes\n a rubbing member, provided in contact with a moving member, configured to rub the moving member; \n a supporting member supporting the rubbing member; \n a pressing member configured to press the supporting member so as to press the rubbing member toward the moving member; and \n a damping member fastened to the supporting member and configured to suppress an amplitude of the supporting member to be small so as to damp vibration of the rubbing member by vibrating with respect to a moving direction of the moving member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14093714', '14202212', '12138153', '12033954', '12923090']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8007525075405673
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5057813803054048
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.771255394817051
- Mean Citation Score: 202.727134
- Max Citation Score: 210.11377
- Similarity Product: 102.876317377418

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