PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16137664
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "331000"]

Abstract:
A fuser may include a rotatable member, a belt, a pressure member, and a sliding member. The belt and rotatable member may form a nip portion. The sliding member may be sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the belt and the pressure member. The sliding member may include a front surface, which faces the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The front surface may include a plurality of dimples designed to catch lubricant that moves along ridges between the dimples.

Claim (Index 2):
The fuser according to  claim 1 ,\n wherein the third dimple is adjacent to and spaced from the first dimple to form a second ridge portion between the first dimple and the third dimple, and wherein the plurality of the dimples further comprises a fourth dimple arranged adjacent to the third dimple, the fourth dimple arranged to intersect all imaginary second lines passing between the first dimple and the third dimple and through the second ridge portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30769
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16137646', '14231030', '15461801', '13045182', '13293794']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8174299068095913
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5321949491901701
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7889064110476491
- Mean Citation Score: 227.866852
- Max Citation Score: 389.0121
- Similarity Product: 328.57820088504553

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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