PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16112884
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["347", "102000"]

Abstract:
A decurling device includes a belt, a roller, and a heat source. The heat source heats either or both of the belt and the roller. The belt has a first holding surface extending in a rotational direction of the belt. The roller has a second holding surface extending in a rotational direction of the roller. The decurling device has either or both of a plurality of belt through holes penetrating the first holding surface and a plurality of through holes penetrating the second holding surface.

Claim (Index 1):
A decurling device which receives a sheet conveyed thereto, the decurling device comprising:\n a rotatably supported first belt; a rotatably supported rotating member; and a heat source configured to heat either or both of the first belt and the rotating member, wherein the first belt has a first holding surface extending in a rotational direction of the first belt, the rotating member has a second holding surface extending in a rotational direction of the rotating member, the first belt and the rotating member rotate while holding the sheet between the first holding surface and the second holding surface to convey the sheet, and the decurling device has either or both of a plurality of first through holes penetrating the first holding surface and a plurality of second through holes penetrating the second holding surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.875
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14852783', '15162676', '15975801', '15987299', '15238296']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7388702872821128
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.471544994212841
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7121377579751856
- Mean Citation Score: 182.932356
- Max Citation Score: 199.65942
- Similarity Product: 157.15558638338328

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