PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954716
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "323000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a cylindrical film, a nip forming member, a preventing member provided in a position opposing an end portion of the film with respect to a generatrix direction of the film and configured to prevent movement of the film in the generatrix direction, a separating member configured to separate, from the film, a recording material discharged from the nip, and a frame. The fixing device fixes, at the nip, a toner image on the recording material while nipping and feeding the recording material on which the toner image is formed. The separating member is provided rotatably relative to the preventing member at a first portion thereof and is provided slidably relative to the frame at a second portion thereof. A sliding direction of the separating member crosses a plane of the nip.

Claim (Index 7):
A fixing device according to  claim 3 , wherein said second portion of said separating member and said frame include a long hole and a shaft engageable and slidable in said long hole, respectively, or include said shaft and said long hole, respectively.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.49153
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15844776', '14253252', '15272692', '14922521', '13622597']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8281771526351442
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4878598995265196
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7941454273242817
- Mean Citation Score: 222.10326
- Max Citation Score: 233.44302
- Similarity Product: 162.99584111211058

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

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