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 2):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 ,\n wherein, when the first condition that an absolute value of the electric current or the voltage detected by the detecting unit is greater than or equal to a first threshold is satisfied, the control unit starts the rotating operation, and wherein, when the second condition that the absolute value of the electric current or the voltage detected by the detecting unit becomes less than a second threshold is satisfied, the control unit terminates the rotating operation.

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): 0.8389292517801439
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4904513907888443
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8040814656810139
- Mean Citation Score: 259.96989799999994
- Max Citation Score: 262.9053
- Similarity Product: 198.4337961099386

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