PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124491
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "045000"]

Abstract:
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a decoloring unit that performs decoloring processing on an image formed on a sheet using decolorable material. An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. A reuse tray can receive a sheet. Anew sheet tray can receive a sheet. A processor performs processing to determine whether to convey a sheet from the reuse tray or the new sheet tray to the image forming unit to form an image thereon. When it is determined that the sheet is conveyed from the reuse tray, the processor controls the decoloring unit to perform the decoloring processing on the sheet, and update a rewards account of the user.

Claim (Index 3):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n a decoloring unit configured to perform decoloring processing on an image formed on a sheet using decolorable material; an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet using decolorable material; a reuse tray configured to receive a sheet provided by a user; and a processor configured to:\n perform processing to obtain identification information of the user and locate an rewards account of the user using the identification information; \n control the decoloring unit to perform the decoloring processing on the sheet from the reuse tray; \n perform processing to determine whether the user is to receive a point for the rewards account based on the identification information; and \n update the rewards account of the user when it is determined that the user is to receive the point.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33962
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15639539', '14934317', '14476397', '15344702', '15605434']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7849034026229058
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4971800092495972
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.756131063285575
- Mean Citation Score: 244.161902
- Max Citation Score: 283.90897
- Similarity Product: 235.16479488030967

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