PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15908604
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
A heater includes a plurality of heating blocks in a substrate having a plurality of temperature detection elements disposed therein. In a case where one of the heating blocks is caused to generate heat alone, temperature distribution of the heating block in a longitudinal direction is inclined from a center part to an edge. One of the plurality of temperature detection elements is arranged in a region in which the temperature distribution is inclined.

Claim (Index 1):
A heater that is used for an image heating device, the heater comprising:\n a substrate; and a plurality of heating blocks that are provided on the substrate and generate heat upon power supply, the plurality of heating blocks being arrayed along a longitudinal direction of the heater and being able to independently generate heat, wherein a plurality of temperature detection elements are provided in at least one of the plurality of heating blocks, wherein, in a case where only one of the heating blocks, in which the plurality of temperature detection elements are provided, is caused to generate heat, temperature distribution of the heating block, in which the plurality of temperature detection elements are provided, in the longitudinal direction is inclined so as to be lowered as being closer to both edges, and wherein one of the plurality of temperature detection elements is arranged in an inclination region in which the temperature distribution is inclined.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81395
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15657489', '15758204', '15262418', '15258875', '14944076']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8165691879832602
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.47160036681933
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7820723058668672
- Mean Citation Score: 235.485938
- Max Citation Score: 239.97612
- Similarity Product: 203.95241627830987

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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