PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15918350
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["399", "119000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure features an image forming apparatus having a first developing unit having a first developing roller; and a first toner supply unit configured to supply toner to the first developing unit, the first toner supply unit having: a first container configured to accommodate the toner therein, the first container having a first inlet opening through which the toner is received in the first container and a first outlet opening through which the toner in the first container is discharged; a first lid configured to close the first inlet opening; and a first shutter configured to open the first outlet opening when the first lid closes the first inlet opening, and to close the first outlet opening when the first lid opens the first inlet opening.

Claim (Index 8):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the first container has one end portion and another end portion positioned opposite to the one end portion with respect to the rotation axis of the first agitator, the one end portion having the first inlet opening, and the another end portion having the first outlet opening; and\n wherein the one end portion has a one end and another end in a first direction which is a direction from the first developing unit to the first toner supply unit at the first position of the first container, the another end being positioned opposite to the one end with respect to the first inlet opening in the first direction, the second end being positioned farther from the first developing unit than the first end is from the first developing unit, and the another end being positioned farther from the first outlet opening than the one end is from the first outlet opening in an arraying direction from the first inlet opening to the first outlet opening.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.13953
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15408525', '13903507', '13964734', '12842680', '12987411']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8259652463948687
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.494474796147048
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7928162013700866
- Mean Citation Score: 213.77127400000003
- Max Citation Score: 236.14818
- Similarity Product: 151.79809887034892

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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