PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16195472
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["399", "092000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, an exit tray, a first conveyance section, a duct, and an air generator. The image forming section forms an image on a sheet. The fixing device fixes the image to the sheet. The exit tray receives placement of the sheet with the image fixed thereto. The first conveyance section conveys the sheet with the image formed thereon along a conveyance path. The duct has an inlet and a first outlet. The air generator is disposed within the duct and generates air directed from the inlet to the first outlet. The inlet is located in a position for sucking in air from a space above the exit tray. The first outlet opens toward the conveyance path.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet; a fixing device configured to fix the image to the sheet; an exit tray configured to receive placement of the sheet with the image fixed thereto; a first conveyance section configured to convey the sheet with the image fixed thereto along a conveyance path; a duct having an inlet and a first outlet; and an air generator disposed within the duct and configured to generate air directed from the inlet to the first outlet, wherein the inlet is located in a position for sucking in air from a space above the exit tray, and the first outlet opens toward the conveyance path.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51786
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13226851', '14854264', '16190196', '13248442', '14851951']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7636568648982335
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4631553652993455
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7336067149383447
- Mean Citation Score: 167.31140200000004
- Max Citation Score: 178.54744
- Similarity Product: 143.17999625997066

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