PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15998524
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["399", "121000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a drum unit including a photosensitive drum; a belt unit; and a secondary transfer member. The belt unit includes: a first roller; a second roller spaced apart from the first roller; an intermediate transfer belt supported by the first roller and the second roller; and a primary transfer member. The intermediate transfer belt includes: a first portion; and a second portion. The first portion has an upstream end and a downstream end in a first direction. The second portion has an upstream end and a downstream end in a second direction. The primary transfer member is configured to transfer a toner image from the photosensitive drum to the first portion. The secondary transfer member is capable of contacting the downstream end of the second portion, and is configured to transfer the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a sheet.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n a drum unit including a photosensitive drum; a belt unit comprising:\n a first roller; \n a second roller spaced apart from the first roller; \n an intermediate transfer belt supported by the first roller and the second roller, the intermediate transfer belt comprising:\n a first portion positioned between the first roller and the second roller, the first portion being configured to be moved in a first direction directed from the first roller to the second roller when the intermediate transfer belt is circularly moved over the first roller and the second roller, the first portion having an upstream end and a downstream end in the first direction, the upstream end of the first portion being in contact with the first roller, the downstream end of the first portion being in contact with the second roller; and \n a second portion positioned between the first roller and the second roller, the second portion being configured to be moved in a second direction directed from the second roller to the first roller when the intermediate transfer belt is circularly moved over the first roller and the second roller, the second portion having an upstream end and a downstream end in the second direction, the upstream end of the second portion being in contact with the second roller, the downstream end of the second portion being in contact with the first roller; and \n \n a primary transfer member positioned between the first roller and the second roller, the primary transfer member being configured to transfer a toner image from the photosensitive drum to the first portion; and \n a secondary transfer member capable of contacting the downstream end of the second portion, the secondary transfer member being configured to transfer the toner image from the intermediate transfer belt to a sheet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.46809
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14480087', '15718310', '14696275', '13362268', '16031334']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8253662318432695
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4987490345719779
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7927045121161403
- Mean Citation Score: 285.300648
- Max Citation Score: 291.4069
- Similarity Product: 218.90608504375817

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