PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953941
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "043000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device that forms a fixing nip by bringing a pressure member into pressure contact with a peripheral surface of a heating rotator and fixes an unfixed toner image; an acceptor that accepts a specified laminate processing mode for performing laminate processing by feeding a laminate; and a hardware processor that controls a heating rotator to idle for a predetermined time and then controls to perform the laminate processing, wherein a heat accumulating member provided to be capable of contacting with and separating from an outer peripheral surface of the pressure member and a pressure contact/separation mechanism are further included, and the hardware processor performs control to idle the heating rotator for a predetermined time in a state where the heat accumulating member is brought into pressure contact with the pressure member to accumulate heat in the heat accumulating member.

Claim (Index 8):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein\n based on the information of the size detector, when determined that a laminate film having a size equal to or larger than a predetermined size has been set, the hardware processor controls the operation of the pressure contact/separation mechanism so that the heat accumulating member is brought into contact with the pressure member without a contact pressure or the heat accumulating member is brought into contact with the pressure member as setting the contact pressure from a low contact pressure to a high contact pressure in stages from a first half to a latter half of a time when the laminate film is fed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05405
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14629882', '13585363', '13064137', '10463528', '13119025']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7924490394029164
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4902181362563953
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7622259490882644
- Mean Citation Score: 198.729588
- Max Citation Score: 200.61618
- Similarity Product: 134.2642102822602

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

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