PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961189
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides a fixing device including a flexible cylindrical rotary member and an inner-surface opposing portion that opposes an inner surface of the rotary member at an end portion of the rotary member in a generatrix direction. The inner-surface opposing portion moves upstream in a recording material conveying direction in accordance with lateral shift of the rotary member in the generatrix direction. This restricts the lateral shift of the rotary member.

Claim (Index 20):
The fixing device according to  claim 19 , wherein the heater is in contact with the inner surface of the rotary member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14444884', '15299289', '14098966', '15150941', '14141687']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8404100152805624
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5315352700367811
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8095225407561842
- Mean Citation Score: 287.513794
- Max Citation Score: 398.59744
- Similarity Product: 274.0130746210861

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