PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16016598
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a postprocessing device. The image forming apparatus includes a first communication unit, a paper feeder, and a first control unit. The postprocessing device includes a second communication unit, a postprocessing unit, and a second control unit. The second control unit obtains a first time to perform the postprocessing and a second time to transition to a performable state configured to perform the postprocessing. The first control unit obtains attribute information necessary for the second control unit to obtain the first time and the second time. When the second communication unit receives the attribute information, the second control unit transmits information indicating the first time and the second time. The first control unit controls the operation of the paper feeder based on the information indicating the first time and the second time received by the first communication unit.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming system comprising:\n an image forming apparatus that performs an image formation process to form images on a plurality of sheets based on an execution request of a job; and a postprocessing device connected to the image forming apparatus, the plurality of sheets being conveyed one by one from the image forming apparatus to the postprocessing device; wherein the image forming apparatus includes a first communication unit that communicates with the postprocessing device, a paper feeder that houses the plurality of sheets to feed the housed plurality of sheets one by one, and a first control unit that controls operation of the first communication unit and the paper feeder; the postprocessing device includes a second communication unit that communicates with the first communication unit, a postprocessing unit that performs postprocessing on the sheets, and a second control unit that controls operation of the second communication unit and the postprocessing unit; the second control unit obtains a first time to perform the postprocessing and a second time to transition to a performable state configured to perform the postprocessing; the first control unit obtains attribute information necessary for the second control unit to obtain the first time and the second time; the first control unit transmits the attribute information corresponding to a first feeding sheet to the second communication unit via the first communication unit, the first feeding sheet being the sheet as a feed target of the paper feeder; when the second communication unit receives the attribute information, the second control unit transmits information indicating the first time and the second time to the first communication unit via the second communication unit; and the first control unit controls the operation of the paper feeder based on the information indicating the first time and the second time received by the first communication unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.45652
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15469587', '10802757', '13196367', '13860499', '10246192']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4977709112088895
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4896884725614987
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4969626673441504
- Mean Citation Score: 188.66494
- Max Citation Score: 229.61281
- Similarity Product: 177.68342867879272

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