PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16111399
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a belt having a cylindrical shape, a roller, a heater, and a reflector. The roller is positioned to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the belt so as to form a nip between the roller and the belt. The heater is disposed within an inner circumference the belt. The reflector is disposed within the inner circumference the belt and in contact with the belt and configured to reflect heat generated by the heater toward an inner surface of the belt.

Claim (Index 15):
The apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein\n the reflector comprises a board material that is bent a plurality of times.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13636
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12292986', '14190048', '15434948', '16043437', '14024900']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8162507328345834
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4680834056162321
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7814340001127482
- Mean Citation Score: 167.06033
- Max Citation Score: 169.2928
- Similarity Product: 121.5589196044922

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