PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966741
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["399", "110000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former having parts provided in a replaceable manner to be used for image formation; a sensing part that detects a characteristic value of the parts; and a controller that determines whether the characteristic value of the parts, which fluctuates immediately after manufacture, is in a stable state based on a comparison between information regarding the characteristic value of the parts based on a detection result of the sensing part and a threshold value and sets a process condition for the image former based on the detected characteristic value when determining that the characteristic value of the parts is not in the stable state.

Claim (Index 14):
The control method for an image forming apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein\n the parts are an intermediate transfer body including a base layer and a surface layer, in the detecting, a surface layer film thickness of the intermediate transfer body is detected, and it is determined whether the surface layer film thickness of the intermediate transfer body is equal to or less than a threshold value based on a detection result.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9661
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10886638', '10886613', '12033319', '15142424', '12929808']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7887631406317679
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4866693598229742
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7585537625508886
- Mean Citation Score: 183.982274
- Max Citation Score: 190.52693
- Similarity Product: 129.1364616587639

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