PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979838
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["271", "171000"]

Abstract:
A sheet stacking apparatus includes a sheet stacking unit configured to stack a sheet thereon and a sheet regulating unit configured to regulate a position of a sheet stacked on the sheet stacking unit. The sheet regulating unit includes a main body movable with respect to the sheet stacking unit and an operating portion having a pressable pressure surface, moved from a first position to a second position by pressing the pressure surface, and pivotably supported on the main body about a pivoting fulcrum positioned above a middle position of the pressure surface, the main body being regulated from moving with respect to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the first position, and the main body being allowed to move with respect to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the second position.

Claim (Index 1):
A sheet stacking apparatus, comprising:\n a sheet stacking unit configured to stack a sheet thereon; and a sheet regulating unit configured to regulate a position of a sheet stacked on the sheet stacking unit, the sheet regulating unit including:\n a main body movable with respect to the sheet stacking unit; and \n an operating portion having a pressable pressure surface, moved from a first position to a second position by pressing the pressure surface, and pivotably supported on the main body about a pivoting fulcrum positioned above a middle position of the pressure surface, the main body being regulated from moving with respect to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the first position, and the main body being allowed to move with respect to the sheet stacking unit when the operating portion is in the second position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60714
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15526244', '14968503', '10277036', '12557622', '15277920']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.766322276436302
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4843072369219611
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.738120772484868
- Mean Citation Score: 260.414846
- Max Citation Score: 271.92465
- Similarity Product: 222.8173145153225

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