PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15996593
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "308000"]

Abstract:
A powder-amount detection device includes an outer electrode, an inner electrode, and a detector. The outer electrode is disposed outside a powder container to be replaceably installed to an image forming apparatus. The inner electrode is disposed inside a powder supply port of the powder container. The detector is configured to apply an electric field between the outer electrode and the inner electrode to detect a capacitance between the outer electrode and the inner electrode.

Claim (Index 7):
The powder-amount detection device according to  claim 1 , further comprising:\n a powder conveyance unit to be inserted into the powder supply port by installation of the powder container to the image forming apparatus, the powder conveyance unit fixedly disposed on the image forming apparatus, wherein the inner electrode is disposed on the powder conveyance unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07692
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15984816', '12879336', '15988087', '13900850', '16320532']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8006287688554329
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4696053893587327
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7675264309057629
- Mean Citation Score: 191.043538
- Max Citation Score: 234.15726
- Similarity Product: 200.2399401050877

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

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