PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941246
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "100000"]

Abstract:
A developing device includes a housing having an opening in a wall thereof, a developing roller rotatably arranged within the housing, and a magnetic pole structure, wherein the developing roller is configured to carry a developer on an outer surface thereof using the magnetic force of the magnetic pole structure. The developing device further includes a gap forming member located within, and spaced from, the housing at a location downstream, in the rotation direction of the developing roller, of the opening in the wall of the housing, forming a first gap with respect to the developing roller and forming a second gap with respect to the housing, a blocking member arranged in the first gap, and a guide section configured to guide airflow passing through the second gap in a general direction toward the developing roller.

Claim (Index 12):
The developing device according to  claim 11 , wherein\n the angle formed is greater than or equal to 45 degrees.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46667
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15391619', '10617399', '15585526', '14624422', '15456965']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8257723927323097
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4811199182912155
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7913071452882003
- Mean Citation Score: 169.595038
- Max Citation Score: 173.91017
- Similarity Product: 111.9205599854672

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

Dataset: test