PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15871797
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["347", "102000"]

Abstract:
An intermediate transfer member (ITM) for use in a printing system to transport an ink image from an image forming station to an impression station for transfer of the ink image from the ITM onto a printing substrate, wherein the ITM is an endless flexible belt of substantially uniform width which, during use, passes over drive and guide rollers and is guided through at least the image forming station by means of guide channels that receive formations provided on both lateral edges of the belt, wherein the formations on a first edge differ from the formations on the second edge by being configured for providing the elasticity desired to maintain the belt taut when the belt is guided through their respective lateral channels.

Claim (Index 25):
A method of printing using a printing system that includes a rotating intermediate transfer member (ITM) comprising an endless flexible belt upon which droplets of ink are deposited at an image forming station that comprises a plurality of print bars so as to form ink images thereupon, the method comprising:\n causing the belt to pass over drive and guide rollers, each guide roller being substantially aligned with a respective print bar, and be guided through at least the image forming station by guide channels that receive formations provided on both lateral edges of the belt, wherein the underside of the belt includes a material with high frictional properties such that a frictional force between the underside of the belt and each respective guide roller is effective to maintain the belt taut and substantially parallel to each respective one of the print bars.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78082
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15439966', '15053017', '14382758', '15871652', '14382880']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7899974810730176
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.576228191669012
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.768620552132617
- Mean Citation Score: 354.31196
- Max Citation Score: 420.04083
- Similarity Product: 332.931912791496

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

Dataset: test