PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901980
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["399", "276000"]

Abstract:
A developing method in a developer device having a developing roller configured to rotate within a housing, the developing roller having a first portion that is exposed through an opening of the housing, a second portion at which developer attached to the developing roller separates from the developing roller and a third portion between the first and second portions, and an elastic sheet in contact with the developing roller between the second and third portions of the developing roller, the method includes guiding airflow along a first airflow passage, which is formed in the housing and partially facing the second portion of the developing roller, and guiding airflow along a second airflow passage facing the third portion of the developing roller and adjacent to the first airflow passage.

Claim (Index 5):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the elastic sheet is formed to have a loop-shape.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.7551
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15253875', '12825818', '11956382', '11949101', '11673183']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8168879012735836
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5010712868588428
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7853062398321096
- Mean Citation Score: 198.696322
- Max Citation Score: 298.444
- Similarity Product: 234.71993756484983

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

Dataset: test