PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16073033
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["358", "001140"]

Abstract:
Examples associated with printer firmware encryption are described. One example printer includes a base firmware module. The base firmware module controls a base function of the printer. The printer also includes a first encrypted firmware module that modifies a first function of the printer. The first encrypted module is inactive until decrypted. A firmware decryption module decrypts the first encrypted module upon receiving a first encryption key.

Claim (Index 9):
A method, comprising:\n embedding, in the firmware of a printer, a series of encrypted modules to be decrypted on a set schedule; embedding, in the firmware of the printer, a decryption module to receive decryption keys associated with the encrypted modules, to decrypt encrypted modules using respective decryption keys, and to control execution of the encrypted modules; and controlling delivery of the decryption keys to the decryption module.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.08571
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16073031', '13536624', '14787348', '15362006', '10814841']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4910554569030476
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5023581078252064
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4921857219952635
- Mean Citation Score: 179.24878
- Max Citation Score: 278.30356
- Similarity Product: 224.33187688557152

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

Dataset: test