PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897950
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "004000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum that rotates in a predetermined direction, an LED head that exposes the photosensitive drum, a drum contact surface that contacts against the outer peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum, and a head contact surface that contacts the LED head. Further, the image forming apparatus includes a spacer for regulating a distance between the photosensitive drum and the LED head, and a coil spring for pressing the LED head toward the spacer. The LED head has an engagement hole to engage the spacer. The spacer has a protrusion that engages with the engagement hole and regulates movement of the LED head in a predetermined direction.

Claim (Index 9):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the spacer comprises an opposing surface facing the exposure unit, and the second contact portion and the second engagement portion protrude from the opposing surface toward the exposure unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46939
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15843038', '14288784', '10760536', '12230240', '15474116']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8119380682141937
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4680509870026854
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7775493600930429
- Mean Citation Score: 162.741828
- Max Citation Score: 175.80428
- Similarity Product: 128.73835915423868

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