PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16244465
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["347", "186000"]

Abstract:
A printing apparatus performs printing on a sheet including adhesive label paper and includes a thermal head configured to perform printing on the sheet using heat, a platen roller which is positioned to face the thermal head, and configured to rotate to transport the sheet when the sheet is interposed between the thermal head and the platen roller, a heating unit configured to heat the thermal head, an output device, and a controller. The controller is configured to operate in a cleaning mode, in which the controller causes the thermal head to be heated to a predetermined temperature at which glue of the label paper is softened while the platen roller is in contact with the thermal head and rotating without transporting any sheet, and controls the output device to indicate that the thermal head has been heated up to the predetermined temperature and is ready for cleaning.

Claim (Index 8):
The printing apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a lower case in which the platen roller is housed; and an upper case in which the printing head is housed, wherein the upper case is configured to open to provide access to the printing head and the platen roller for cleaning.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27536
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15889600', '10965120', '10607372', '10965121', '13750248']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.748359313813749
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5132774906905948
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7248511315014335
- Mean Citation Score: 240.001736
- Max Citation Score: 328.3841
- Similarity Product: 271.91881202263835

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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