PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051503
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "093000"]

Abstract:
A powder processing apparatus includes: a fixing unit that is provided in an apparatus housing and heats powder containing ultrafine particles to fix the powder on a processed medium; an exhaust unit including an exhaust path through which air near the fixing unit can be exhausted, a capturing part capable of capturing the ultrafine particles, and an airflow generating part that generates exhaust airflow, the exhaust unit exhausting the air near the fixing unit to the outside of the apparatus housing through the exhaust path; and an intake unit including an intake path through which air outside the apparatus housing can be taken in, a capturing part capable of capturing the ultrafine particles, and an airflow generating part that generates intake airflow, the intake unit taking the air outside the apparatus housing into the apparatus housing through the intake path. An intake port is provided below an exhaust port.

Claim (Index 9):
The powder processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the first airflow generating part of the exhaust unit and the second airflow generating part of the intake unit continue to operate for a predetermined period of time after operation of the fixing unit is completed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.90909
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14024929', '11414176', '14150113', '14658912', '13779105']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8146532903719826
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5106124694050836
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7842492082752928
- Mean Citation Score: 188.377038
- Max Citation Score: 200.69267
- Similarity Product: 93.15260562019289

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test