PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15915373
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["271", "002000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a stacking unit for stacking types of envelopes, an image forming unit that forms an image on a conveyed envelope, a rear-end regulating plate, provided on the stacking unit, that regulates a trailing end of the stacked envelope at an upstream side of a conveyance direction, side regulating plates, provided on the stacking unit, that regulate both side ends of the stacked envelope in a perpendicular direction to the conveyance direction, an attachment, removably mounted on the stacking unit, that regulates a trailing end of the stacked envelope, an operation unit that accepts a type of envelope via an instruction by a user, and a controller that determines, based on the type of the accepted envelope, whether the attachment is necessary, and if it is determined that the attachment is necessary, displays information, on the operation unit, for prompting the user to mount the attachment.

Claim (Index 20):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 18 , wherein the controller displays the information together with an illustration indicating a shape of the attachment on the operation unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.56061
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14742133', '15374663', '14636023', '14157922', '13711559']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7710734925770086
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5197469795243013
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.745940841271738
- Mean Citation Score: 245.103506
- Max Citation Score: 355.69882
- Similarity Product: 234.5663269610048

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

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