PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15925115
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "024000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprises an expendable item having a specific function, installed replaceably with respect to a main body of the image forming apparatus, wherein there are several types of expendable items, and an engine control unit. The engine control unit judges end of lifetime of the expendable item by using one of a plurality of lifetime judgment methods. The engine control unit selects a lifetime judgment method used in the judgment, according to a type of the expendable item. It makes possible to provide an image forming apparatus capable of appropriately determining the reaching of the lifetime end of expendable items.

Claim (Index 6):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein\n the hardware processor selects an extended lifetime judgment method in which the reaching of lifetime end is detected by the first method, and after the end of lifetime is detected by the first method, the reaching of lifetime end is detected by the second method, when the type of the expendable item is a brand-new genuine product, the new genuine product is the type of an unused expendable item that has been certified for quality by the manufacturer of the image forming device, the hardware processor determines that the lifetime of the expendable item has been reached in the case where the extended lifetime judgment method is selected, and the reaching of lifetime end is detected by the second method, the hardware processor selects a lifetime judgment method only by number of times that detects end of lifetime based on the first method, when the type of the expendable item is a reused item, the reused item is a type of an expendable item that is certified for quality from the manufacturer of the image forming apparatus and is reusable by exchanging a consumed part, and the hardware processor judges that the lifetime of the expendable item has been reached, when end of lifetime is detected, in the case where the lifetime judgment method only by number of times is selected.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94737
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11194884', '10225244', '10382062', '11064026', '11024760']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8191284098459585
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4920922693439161
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7864247957957542
- Mean Citation Score: 199.486404
- Max Citation Score: 239.109
- Similarity Product: 161.78834173804526

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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