PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968014
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "258000"]

Abstract:
A developing device is provided which includes: a developing roller in contact with or facing an image hearer; a supply roller to supply toner to the developing roller; a casing; a first conveyer disposed within the casing and above the supply roller to supply toner stored in the developing device to the supply roller, while forming a first conveyance path; a second conveyer disposed within the casing with an upper end thereof positioned below that of the first conveyer, while forming a second conveyance path forming a toner circulation path together with the first conveyance path; a partition wall separating the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path in a longitudinal direction within a range excluding both longitudinal end portions; and a toner supply port, at a ceiling of the casing above the second conveyance path, through which toner is supplied to an inside of the developing device.

Claim (Index 1):
A developing device for developing a latent image formed on a surface of an image bearer into a toner image, comprising:\n a developing roller in contact with or facing the image bearer; a supply roller configured to supply toner to the developing roller; a casing; a first conveyer disposed within the casing and above the supply roller, the first conveyer configured to supply toner stored in the developing device to the supply roller, the first conveyer forming a first conveyance path; a second conveyer disposed within the casing with an upper end thereof positioned below an upper end of the first conveyer, the second conveyer forming a second conveyance path forming a toner circulation path together with the first conveyance path; a partition wall separating the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path in a longitudinal direction within a range excluding both longitudinal end portions; and a toner supply port, disposed at a ceiling of the casing above the second conveyance path, through which toner is supplied to an inside of the developing device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59677
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13356894', '12401209', '12943067', '14180793', '13356933']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8276814723190077
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.497738038534546
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7946871289405616
- Mean Citation Score: 280.01619600000004
- Max Citation Score: 292.41602
- Similarity Product: 217.6427187165464

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