PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15881138
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["399", "260000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing device including a developing roller and a developing frame including a toner receiving port, and a toner cartridge including a toner accommodation part and a conveyance device configured to convey toner from the toner accommodation part toward the developing device. The conveyance device includes a coupling tube and a shutter. The coupling tube includes a toner supply port faceable the toner receiving port, is coupleable to the developing device and is movable with respect to the toner accommodation part at a state where the coupling tube is coupled to the developing device and the toner supply port faces the toner receiving port. The shutter is movable between an opening position at which the toner supply port is opened with the coupling tube being coupled to the developing device and a closed position.

Claim (Index 12):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 9 ,\n wherein the conveyance tube has an adhesion surface which the buffer member is to adhere to, the adhesion surface extending in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.81132
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15286766', '15876295', '15286851', '15869739', '15466177']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.854937729712646
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5369903844453291
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8231429951859144
- Mean Citation Score: 356.37537000000015
- Max Citation Score: 401.36023
- Similarity Product: 300.2874608794045

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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