PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962386
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["358", "468000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus forms a second image on a sheet including a previously formed first image. The image forming apparatus includes a reading apparatus, a controller, and an image forming section. The reading apparatus reads the first image to generate first image data. The controller acquires first formation area data indicating an area in which the first image is formed based on the first image data. The image forming section forms a second image on a recording surface of the sheet based on second image data. The controller acquires second. formation area data indicating an area in which the second image is to be formed based on the second image data. The controller executes a comparison process to compare the first and second formation area data. The controller determines whether or not to form the second image on the recording surface based on a comparison process result.

Claim (Index 2):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the controller determines whether or not the second formation area overlaps with the first formation area in the comparison process, and the controller\n directs the image forming section to form the second image on the recording surface when the second formation area is determined not to overlap with the first formation area, and \n does not direct the image forming section to form the second image on the recording surface when the second formation area is determined to overlap the first formation area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.2449
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14063564', '11901197', '15350419', '12021898', '14693146']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4844145184288621
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5003621985868569
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4860092864446615
- Mean Citation Score: 193.612142
- Max Citation Score: 195.69342
- Similarity Product: 133.35045389392377

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

Dataset: test