PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16164496
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus has a job execution unit that executes a job that causes an image to be formed. The job execution unit acquires, from a function extension unit that extends a function of the job execution unit, first setting information managed by the function extension unit. When the job execution unit receives an instruction to execute the job, the job execution unit controls the function extension unit to perform the extended function of the job execution unit based on the acquired first setting information.

Claim (Index 3):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n a job execution unit configured to execute a job that causes an image to be formed, wherein the job execution unit acquires, from a function extension unit that extends a function of the job execution unit, first setting information managed by the function extension unit, and stores the acquired first setting information into a first storage area that is managed by the job execution unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2439
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14587028', '15657943', '11676334', '13652890', '13236276']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5058373963835541
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4891485060189066
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5041685073470894
- Mean Citation Score: 200.73009600000003
- Max Citation Score: 202.91887
- Similarity Product: 143.85184271368743

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