PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16054374
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
A fixing apparatus includes a heater that is in contact with an inner surface of a film, a restricting member that restricts movement of the film in a longitudinal direction of the film, a connector that is connected electrically to the heater for supplying electric power to the heater, and a lock member that maintains a position of the restricting member and a position of the connector relative to each other.

Claim (Index 1):
A fixing apparatus that heats a toner image formed on a recording medium and thereby fixes the toner image onto the recording medium, the fixing apparatus comprising:\n a film that is cylindrically shaped and rotates with the film in contact with the recording medium; a heater that is in contact with an inner surface of the film; a restricting member that restricts movement of the film in a longitudinal direction of the film; a connector that is connected electrically to the heater for supplying electric power to the heater; and a lock member that maintains a position of the restricting member and a position of the connector relative to each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.875
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15551772', '14662286', '14962057', '12169217', '13891550']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7627016863788674
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4529272429618661
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7317242420371672
- Mean Citation Score: 156.98980999999995
- Max Citation Score: 162.9993
- Similarity Product: 135.68543040186168

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

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