PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16052327
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
An image forming system comprises a sheet supply section configured to supply a sheet for printing. The system includes a registration roller configured to guide the sheet supplied from the sheet supply section along a conveyance path. A first image forming section is configured to form a first image on the sheet based on reference image information using a first colorant type that is capable of being fixed to the sheet by heat. A fixing section is configured to heat the sheet on which the first image has been formed. A second image forming section is configured to receive the sheet from the fixing section and form a second image using a second colorant type on the sheet after the sheet has been passed through the fixing section. A controller is configured to control a heating temperature of the fixing section in two or more stages.

Claim (Index 10):
An image forming system, comprising:\n a first image forming apparatus comprising:\n a sheet feed section for storing sheets; \n a first conveyance section including a first registration roller and configured to transport a sheet from the sheet feed section; \n a printer section including:\n a first image forming section receiving the sheet from the first conveyance section and including four image forming stations corresponding to four different colors, the four image forming stations configured to form a first image on an intermediate transfer belt for transfer to the sheet; \n a fixing section configured to heat the sheet on which the first image has been formed; \n \n a conveyance path switching section configured to switch a path of the sheet after the fixing section between a third conveyance section and a fourth conveyance section; \n a second image forming apparatus configured to receive the sheet after the fixing section on the third conveyance section and form a second image using a special colorant type on the sheet; and a controller configured to control a heating temperature of the fixing section according to selected operating modes of the first and second image forming apparatuses.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4127
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15925128', '14551288', '15376769', '14995657', '14570807']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7728982667096572
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4881784735939576
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7444262873980872
- Mean Citation Score: 202.878926
- Max Citation Score: 210.96765
- Similarity Product: 145.11623542140126

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

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