PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15900190
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "044000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing part that fixes an unfixed toner image transferred to a sheet of paper by a fixing member being heated, a duct having an inner opening facing the fixing member and an outer opening spaced apart from the fixing member, a fan capable of changing a flow direction of air inside the duct, a filter that collects particulates flowing inside the duct, and a hardware processor that controls the fan to rotate in a direction to draw air into the duct from the inner opening to collect the particulates from a vicinity of the fixing member, and that, at a timing at which to cool the fixing member, controls the fan to rotate in a direction to blow air inside the duct toward the fixing member from the inner opening.

Claim (Index 7):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the duct includes:\n a first outer air flow path and a second outer air flow path extending between the fan and the outer opening; a first outer valve and a second outer valve mounted respectively on the first outer air flow path and the second outer air flow path and capable of individually opening and closing the first outer air flow path and the second outer air flow path; and the filter mounted on the first outer air flow path, wherein the first outer valve is opened and the second outer valve is closed when the air is caused to flow from the fan toward the outer opening, and the first outer valve is closed and the second outer valve is opened when the air is caused to flow from the outer opening toward the fan.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36066
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13034888', '12923029', '15713977', '13034944', '14630630']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8282832039298326
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4824070539910531
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7936955889359546
- Mean Citation Score: 221.356982
- Max Citation Score: 234.53876
- Similarity Product: 176.47129224873302

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