PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882174
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "030000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus that determines presence or absence of bubbles with a simple configuration. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet using a liquid developer including toner and carrier liquid. An exposure unit exposes a photosensitive member charged by a charging unit to form an electrostatic latent image. A development unit stores the liquid developer and develops the electrostatic latent image using the liquid developer. A supplying unit supplies toner and carrier liquid to the development unit. A light receiving unit receives light that is emitted from a light emitting unit and passes through the liquid developer in the development unit, and to output an output value based on a light receiving amount. A controller determines whether a bubble is generating in the liquid developer according to a period after the output value exceeding the first threshold until falling below a second threshold.

Claim (Index 5):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a circulation unit configured to circulate the liquid developer stored in the development unit,\n wherein the controller determines whether a bubble is generating in the liquid developer while controlling the circulation unit to circulate the liquid developer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03947
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12257236', '12257227', '12073619', '11354009', '13311636']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8011722112733569
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4706084688603257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7681158370320538
- Mean Citation Score: 189.151976
- Max Citation Score: 194.37776
- Similarity Product: 142.72378370090487

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

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