PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006672
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["271", "003190"]

Abstract:
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a storage portion to store a sheet, first and second stack portions, first and second conveyance paths to convey a sheet towards the first stack portion and the second stack portion, respectively, a first conveyance unit, a reverse path, and a second conveyance unit. The first conveyance unit is provided downstream of the first conveyance path and reverses and conveys a sheet conveyed to the first conveyance path. The reverse path conveys, once more to the first conveyance path, a sheet that has been reversed by the first conveyance unit. The second conveyance unit is provided in the second conveyance path and downstream of an intersection point between the second conveyance path and the reverse path. While conveying and reversing a sheet conveyed to the second conveyance path towards the reverse path, the second conveyance conveys the conveyed sheet towards the second stack portion.

Claim (Index 1):
A sheet conveying apparatus comprising:\n a storage portion configured to store a sheet; a first stack portion on which a sheet is to be stacked; a first conveyance path through which a sheet is conveyed from the storage portion towards the first stack portion; a first conveyance unit provided downstream of the first conveyance path in a direction in which a sheet is conveyed from the storage portion towards the first stack portion, wherein the first conveyance unit is configured to reverse and convey a sheet that has been conveyed to the first conveyance path; a reverse path configured to convey, once more to the first conveyance path, a sheet that has been reversed by the first conveyance unit; a second stack portion on which a sheet is to be stacked, wherein the second stack portion is provided at a position different from that of the first stack portion; a second conveyance path that branches from the first conveyance path and is configured to convey a sheet towards the second stack portion; and a second conveyance unit that is provided in the second conveyance path and downstream of an intersection point between the second conveyance path and the reverse path in a conveyance direction of a sheet conveyed from the storage portion towards the second stack portion, wherein, while conveying and reversing a conveyed sheet conveyed to the second conveyance path towards the reverse path, the second conveyance conveys the conveyed sheet towards the second stack portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.39583
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15091387', '15948319', '11945738', '14966623', '15013863']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7776849234586161
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.496730009679471
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7495894320807016
- Mean Citation Score: 295.780172
- Max Citation Score: 308.40594
- Similarity Product: 254.5971033549535

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

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