PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16181757
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["358", "001120"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus aims to prevent sheets in a sheet feeder which is designated for a print job by a user from being used for another print job other than the print job. The image forming apparatus, equipped with a plurality of sheet feeders, executes a submitted print job, prompts a user to select a sheet feeder for use in the print job from among the plurality of sheet feeders, and provides control such that the selected sheet feeder cannot be used for another print job other than the print job.

Claim (Index 6):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising a predicted time period-notification unit configured to notify the user of a predicted time period that elapses until control by the control unit over the selected sheet feeder is terminated.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.98
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15045824', '10284145', '16136564', '11313484', '15007798']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5279774643603786
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5120806850133406
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5263877864256749
- Mean Citation Score: 254.60951
- Max Citation Score: 260.07986
- Similarity Product: 161.02439486567496

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

Dataset: test