PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16121462
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["399", "055000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging unit that charges the image bearing member by discharge, a developing unit that rotates while being in contact with the image bearing member and supplies a developer to the image bearing member, a transfer unit that transfers a developer image from the image bearing member to a transferred member, a detecting unit that detects an electric current flowing or a voltage generated when a direct-current voltage less than a discharge starting voltage is applied to a contact member in contact with the image bearing member, and a control unit that executes detection using the detecting unit in a non-image-forming period, wherein when the detection result satisfies a first condition, the control unit starts a rotating operation for rotating the developing member, and wherein when the detection result satisfies a second condition, the control unit terminates the rotating operation.

Claim (Index 16):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 15 ,\n wherein the control unit controls a change of the voltage to be applied to the developing member during the rotating operation based on the detection result.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44615
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16117711', '15988290', '15635570', '12603949', '13357009']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8377577248781037
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.50081426475699
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8040633788659924
- Mean Citation Score: 259.96989799999994
- Max Citation Score: 262.9053
- Similarity Product: 166.25931533904077

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

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