PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16158078
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a communication portion arranged inside a cover covering an image forming portion in the main body of the apparatus and including an antenna surface for use in establishing near field communication. The cover includes a stacking portion in its upper section. The stacking portion is configured to receive a recording medium with an image thereon, the recording medium being discharged outside the main body of the apparatus. The antenna surface faces a region of the upper section of the cover downstream in a direction of discharging the recording medium. The antenna surface at least partially faces a region of the upper section of the cover outside the stacking portion in a direction perpendicular to the direction of discharging the recording medium. The communication portion is capable of communicating with another communication portion using near field communication.

Claim (Index 6):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a frame disposed inside the upper section of the cover; and a holding member holding the communication portion, and includes a protrusion protruding above the communication portion towards the upper section of the cover, wherein the holding member is attached to the frame, and the protrusion is configured to contact the inside of the upper section of the cover when the upper section of the cover deformed by external force.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55172
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15398323', '15797946', '14818738', '14090481', '11574647']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5629940630844572
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5334760621157513
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5600422629875866
- Mean Citation Score: 331.8402700000001
- Max Citation Score: 369.90378
- Similarity Product: 313.08722915682074

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

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