PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15877198
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["399", "122000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a fixing device. The apparatus main body is formed such that its interior can be opened. The fixing device is provided in the interior of the apparatus main body and configured to fix a toner image on a medium to the medium by heating and pressing the toner image. The fixing device is supported by the apparatus main body in such a way as to pivot so as to be disposed on an outside of the apparatus main body in a state where the interior of the apparatus main body is opened.

Claim (Index 3):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the fixing device includes:\n a fixing member configured to, while rotating, heat the toner image on the medium; \n a pressure member configured to, while rotating and being in contact with the fixing member, form a nip and press the medium while the medium is passing through the nip; and \n a pressure changing portion configured to change a pressure applied to the nip, \n the fixing device is configured to pivot between a fixing processing position set in the interior of the apparatus main body, and a jam handling position set on an outside of the apparatus main body, and the pressure changing portion sets the pressure applied to the nip to a first pressure in a state where the fixing device is disposed at the fixing processing position, and sets the pressure applied to the nip to a second pressure in a state where the fixing device is disposed at the jam handling position, the second pressure being lower than the first pressure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35556
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13875033', '14226687', '11377283', '14226251', '12615422']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8308682559834045
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4687137546291997
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.794652805847984
- Mean Citation Score: 193.224654
- Max Citation Score: 199.83199
- Similarity Product: 154.8918941434634

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