PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16285368
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "325000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device including a heated endless belt, a first member, a second member, a pressure roller, a guide member, a sliding member, and a lubricant application member. The first member is a non-rotating body inside of the belt and together with the second member tensions the belt. The pressure roller is outside the belt and presses against the first member via the belt, thereby forming the fixing nip. The guide member is inside of the belt and has a guide surface that guides the belt in circulation and a recess opening into the guide surface. The sliding member is between the belt and the first member. The lubricant application member is fitted in the recess and applies lubricant to the belt. The guide surface has an arc shape that is interrupted by the recess in a cross section perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the pressure roller.

Claim (Index 9):
The fixing device of  claim 1 , wherein\n the second member is a heating roller that is heated by a heater.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71667
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15297666', '15644701', '12482684', '16006677', '15070735']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8294581425519663
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4953879453432079
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7960511228310904
- Mean Citation Score: 227.031008
- Max Citation Score: 231.77036
- Similarity Product: 144.53945778920175

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

Dataset: test