PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16228202
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing device, and a control circuit. The control circuit acquires a selection signal indicating which mode is selected from among options. The options include at least two modes, including a first mode in which an image is formed using a non-decolorable first toner, a second mode in which the image is formed using a decolorable second toner, and a third mode in which the image is erased by heating a sheet on which the image is formed by the second toner using the fixing device at a decolorizing temperature. The control circuit sets a different standby temperature in accordance with the mode indicated by the selection signal, and controls a temperature of the fixing device to be the standby temperature, in a standby state before an operation start reception.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit configured to perform image forming on a surface of a sheet by using a non-decolorable first toner or a decolorable second toner, and\n a fixing device configured to heat and fix an image, by the first toner, which image is formed on the surface of the sheet at the first fixing reference temperature, or to heat and fix an image, by the second toner, which image is formed on the surface of the sheet at the second fixing reference temperature different from the first fixing reference temperature, the method comprising: in a standby state before starting the image forming,\n acquiring a selection signal indicating which mode is selected among a first mode in which the image is formed using the first toner, a second mode in which the image is formed using the second toner, and a third mode in which the image is erased by heating the sheet on which the image is formed by the second toner using the fixing device at a decolorizing temperature; \n setting a standby temperature in accordance with the mode indicated by the selection signal; and \n controlling a temperature of the fixing device to be the standby temperature.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30769
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15995352', '16021097', '15678395', '14718380', '14551288']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8079088473005178
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4773975810481915
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7748577206752851
- Mean Citation Score: 208.151438
- Max Citation Score: 229.78696
- Similarity Product: 175.73912490654467

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

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