PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179635
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["399", "302000"]

Abstract:
An intermediate transfer belt includes a base layer that has ionic conductivity and is a thickest layer out of multiple layers making up the intermediate transfer belt with respect to the thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, and an inner layer having electronic conductivity and a lower electrical resistance than the base layer.

Claim (Index 16):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a charging member configured to come into contact with the image bearing member and charge the image bearing member, a length of the charging member in a width direction intersecting the direction of movement of the intermediate transfer belt being shorter than a length of the image bearing member; and a protective member disposed between the image bearing member and the intermediate transfer belt with respect to the thickness direction, the electrical resistance of the protective member being greater than that of the first layer, wherein the protective member is disposed at a position at least corresponding to both end portions of a region where the charging member and the image bearing member come into contact, with respect to the width direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51351
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15663425', '14970399', '15847726', '13877447', '15426901']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8411447651295234
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5349996558701662
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8105302542035877
- Mean Citation Score: 350.586384
- Max Citation Score: 403.1543
- Similarity Product: 372.92522962505217

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

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