PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15907798
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "067000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing section, and a frame unit. The image forming section forms a toner image on a sheet. The fixing section fixes the toner image to the sheet. The frame unit supports the image forming section and the fixing section. The fixing section includes a fixing unit and a nip pressure changing section. The fixing unit forms a fixing nip that applies heat and pressure to the sheet. The nip pressure changing section changes nip pressure of the fixing nip. The fixing unit includes an abutment portion. The frame unit includes a unit fitting compartment into which the fixing unit is to be fitted and a receiving portion that receives the abutment portion once the fixing unit is fitted into the unit fitting compartment.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a recording medium; a fixing section configured to fix the toner image to the recording medium; and a frame unit that supports the image forming section and the fixing section, wherein the fixing section includes a fixing unit and a nip pressure changing section, the fixing unit forming a fixing nip that applies heat and pressure to the recording medium, the nip pressure changing section changing nip pressure of the fixing nip, the fixing unit includes an abutment portion, and the frame unit includes:\n a unit fitting compartment into which the fixing unit is to be fitted; and \n a receiving portion that receives the abutment portion once the fixing unit is fitted into the unit fitting compartment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.34884
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13875033', '14226687', '14929896', '14719506', '13050457']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8035917950080187
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4801095721642428
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7712435727236411
- Mean Citation Score: 199.331842
- Max Citation Score: 213.4561
- Similarity Product: 149.76178266580104

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