PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16523556
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-07
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
An image heating apparatus includes a frame having first and second side plates. A cylindrical film is provided between the side plates, and a heater contacts an inner surface of the film. A roller forms a nip in cooperation with the heater through the film, and an image, formed on a recording material, is heated by heat of the heater, while moving in the nip. A holder holds the heater, and is provided in an inside space of the film. With respect to a longitudinal direction, a length of the holder is greater than a distance between the side plates. In addition, a stay, formed of metal, reinforces the holder, and is provided in the inside space of the film. A length of the stay is greater than the distance between the side plates, and a position of the stay with respect to the longitudinal direction is determined by the holder.

Claim (Index 3):
The image heating apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said stay includes a recessed shaped groove, and said holder includes a projected shaped portion, engaged with said recessed-shaped groove, for positioning said stay with respect to the longitudinal direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65625
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15983778', '15139654', '15888565', '15869238', '15954716']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8189473543756761
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5068665053177741
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7877392694698859
- Mean Citation Score: 227.258048
- Max Citation Score: 298.3473
- Similarity Product: 211.69699271636009

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