PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901357
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "043000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus executes charging, exposure, toner-supply suspension, and electric-field generation while a photosensitive member rotates at least a full turn. In the charging, a charger charges a portion of a circumferential surface of the photosensitive member. In the exposure, an exposure device exposes the portion, which has been charged in the charging, of the circumferential surface. In the toner-supply suspension, before the portion, which has been exposed in the exposure, of the circumferential surface passes a position at which developer from a developing unit is configured to initially adhere to the circumferential surface, a developing unit stops supplying developer to the photosensitive member. In the electric-field generation, an electric field is generated in a portion of the photosensitive layer of the photosensitive member corresponding to the portion, which has been exposed in the second exposure, of the circumferential surface.

Claim (Index 12):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 ,\n wherein the controller is further configured to, in response to receipt of a print instruction, and prior to the start of the first charging, start and end each of the second charging, the second exposure, and the second-electric-field generation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15901457', '15585440', '12946099', '12822273', '14704773']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8335298725128903
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5359410333756387
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8037709885991652
- Mean Citation Score: 280.45331600000003
- Max Citation Score: 408.09195
- Similarity Product: 304.3921997712314

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