PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897950
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "004000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum that rotates in a predetermined direction, an LED head that exposes the photosensitive drum, a drum contact surface that contacts against the outer peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum, and a head contact surface that contacts the LED head. Further, the image forming apparatus includes a spacer for regulating a distance between the photosensitive drum and the LED head, and a coil spring for pressing the LED head toward the spacer. The LED head has an engagement hole to engage the spacer. The spacer has a protrusion that engages with the engagement hole and regulates movement of the LED head in a predetermined direction.

Claim (Index 4):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein\n the holding portion comprises a long hole elongated in a direction of a rotation axis of the image carrier, and configured to guide the light of the exposure unit to the image carrier, and the opening portion is formed continuously with an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the long hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46939
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15843038', '14288784', '10760536', '12230240', '15474116']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8097263607216194
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4818770121317736
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7769414258626349
- Mean Citation Score: 162.741828
- Max Citation Score: 175.80428
- Similarity Product: 112.74329921629428

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

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