PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915867
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "308000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer member that transfers a toner image to a continuous sheet, the transfer member having a lower hardness than a member opposed thereto with the continuous sheet therebetween when the continuous sheet is transported; and a moving unit that moves the transfer member in a direction intersecting the direction in which the continuous sheet is transported.

Claim (Index 2):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the moving unit moves the transfer member each time after the continuous sheet having a thickness has travelled a distance, the distance decreasing as the thickness increases.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.73684
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12981698', '14272810', '14036194', '13112085', '12913335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8117399137258973
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4681341862706494
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7773793409803724
- Mean Citation Score: 160.467126
- Max Citation Score: 166.23312
- Similarity Product: 118.6886817891884

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

Dataset: test