PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15940106
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["347", "225000"]

Abstract:
A fixing device is for fixing a developing agent image to a recording sheet by electrostatically spraying a charged fixing solution toward the developing agent image on the sheet. The fixing device includes a container portion, a plurality of nozzles, and a potential difference generating portion. The container portion is configured to store therein the fixing solution. The plurality of nozzles is in communication with the container portion and configured to spray the fixing solution toward the developing agent image. The potential difference generating portion is configured to generate a potential difference between the fixing solution stored in the plurality of nozzles and the recording sheet conveyed at a position separated from the plurality of nozzles.

Claim (Index 14):
The fixing device according to  claim 4 , wherein prior to reception of print instruction, the controller is configured to determine a pressure value and to control the pressure applying portion to apply pressure to have the pressure value to the fixing solution in the container portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5625
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12472473', '11898046', '11730655', '14609028', '12204599']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.757339841805733
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4863936902152694
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7302452266466867
- Mean Citation Score: 174.30647
- Max Citation Score: 177.7697
- Similarity Product: 116.352993152529

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

Dataset: test