PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16224660
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "262000"]

Abstract:
A cartridge for mounting in an image forming apparatus includes a developer storage chamber, a discharge port fluidly connected to the developer storage chamber, a toner storage chamber, a fluid communication path extending in a first direction and fluidly connecting the toner storage chamber to the developer storage chamber, an auger disposed in the fluid communication path, rotatable inside the fluid communication path about a rotation axis extending in the first direction, and configured to transport the toner from the toner storage chamber along the fluid communication path toward the developer storage chamber when rotated about the rotation axis, and a sealing member disposed on the auger and configured to seal a gap between the auger and an inner surface of the fluid communication path when the sealing member is inside the fluid communication path and move along the first direction when the auger is rotated about the rotation axis.

Claim (Index 7):
The cartridge according to  claim 6 , wherein an inner surface of the sealing member has a shape conforming to an outer surface of the rod.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.82143
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15927811', '11245224', '12013712', '15427563', '15972338']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8188969930432323
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.510702868984701
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7880775806373792
- Mean Citation Score: 220.464286
- Max Citation Score: 325.90033
- Similarity Product: 251.3713787057209

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

Dataset: test