PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924631
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and a lateral end heater to heat a lateral end span of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof. A thermal conduction aid contacts the fixing rotator. A nip formation pad contacts the thermal conduction aid. A lateral end temperature detector detects a temperature of the fixing rotator in a lateral end detection span in the axial direction of the fixing rotator. The thermal conduction aid contacts the nip formation pad in a first span including the lateral end detection span in the axial direction of the fixing rotator with a first contact area. The thermal conduction aid contacts the nip formation pad in a second span disposed outboard from the first span in the axial direction of the fixing rotator with a second contact area smaller than the first contact area.

Claim (Index 13):
The fixing device according to  claim 1 ,\n wherein the lateral end temperature detector includes a temperature sensor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.31818
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15627693', '15827085', '15378668', '15440179', '14992643']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8607564660587784
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.559445060022284
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.830625325455129
- Mean Citation Score: 453.4150780000001
- Max Citation Score: 475.46942
- Similarity Product: 349.6041929416037

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

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