PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16127689
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["399", "262000"]

Abstract:
An image forming unit of an image forming apparatus includes a developing device and a toner replenishing unit that replenishes the developing device with toner. The toner replenishing unit includes an upper toner container, a lower toner container, a toner conveyance unit, and a replenishment control unit. The upper toner container and the lower toner container are disposed in a staggered manner in an apparatus body. When the upper toner container becomes empty, the replenishment control unit controls the toner replenishing unit so as to replenish the developing device with the toner from the lower toner container.

Claim (Index 3):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein\n the toner conveyance unit includes: a first toner receiving unit engaged with the leading end portion of the first toner container in the mounting direction, the first toner receiving unit being configured to receive the toner discharged from the first toner discharge port; a second toner receiving unit engaged with the leading end portion of the second toner container in the mounting direction, the second toner receiving unit being configured to receive the toner discharged from the second toner discharge port; a first longitudinal conveyance unit extending downward from the first toner receiving unit so as to be disposed in the container step portion, the first longitudinal conveyance unit being configured to convey the toner downward; a second longitudinal conveyance unit extending downward from the second toner receiving unit, the second longitudinal conveyance unit being configured to convey the toner downward; a joining conveyance unit configured to receive the toner such that the toner conveyed by the first longitudinal conveyance unit and the second longitudinal conveyance unit join, the joining conveyance unit being further configured to convey the toner along a horizontal direction; and a toner supply unit extending downward from the joining conveyance unit, the toner supply unit being configured to supply the developing device with the toner.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16127774', '14476981', '13748860', '15006411', '15925235']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8361594204680555
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5319759270363321
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8057410711248831
- Mean Citation Score: 286.8551300000001
- Max Citation Score: 386.8058
- Similarity Product: 381.89059146314855

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

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