PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16229051
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["400", "408000"]

Abstract:
A mechanism that makes it possible to output a saddle-stitched brochure in a correct page order when a post-processing apparatus that executes a saddle-stitching process by switching back a sheet is caused to execute the saddle-stitching process. Sheets discharged from a printing apparatus are switched back by reverse rotation of a conveying roller pair, and are conveyed into a conveying path for a saddle-stitch bookbinding process. The sheets are accumulated in an accumulation tray for the saddle-stitch bookbinding process. When the saddle-stitch bookbinding process is caused to be executed on the accumulated sheets by the post-processing apparatus, the order of image formation is decided such that the order of pages of images printed on the saddle-stitched sheets becomes correct. The images are printed on the sheets in the decided order of image formation.

Claim (Index 8):
A printing apparatus that is capable of connecting to a finishing apparatus having a stapling unit and a folding unit, the printing apparatus comprising:\n a receiving unit configured to receive a print job of printing images on a plurality of sheets including a cover sheet and a body sheet; a printing unit configured to print the images on the plurality of sheets based on the print job; and a control unit configured to, in a first case where a stapling process and a folding process are designated for the print job, control the finishing apparatus to perform the staple process and the folding process on the plurality of sheets and to discharge the plurality of sheets to one of trays of the finishing apparatus, and in a second case where the stapling process and the folding process are not designated for the print job, control the finishing apparatus to discharge the plurality of sheets to another tray of the trays without performing the stapling process and the folding process, wherein in the first case, the plurality of sheets are conveyed from the printing apparatus to the finishing apparatus in the order of: the body sheet, and the cover sheet, and, wherein in the second case, the plurality of sheets are conveyed from the printing apparatus to the finishing apparatus in the order of: the cover sheet, and the body sheet.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05882
- Patent Class: 400.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14078606', '15701932', '14674413', '12194321', '12194242']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7342281530649771
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5822166278066477
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7190270005391441
- Mean Citation Score: 420.23307000000005
- Max Citation Score: 512.5986
- Similarity Product: 394.41340607020857

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

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