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 3):
The developing device of  claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the ceiling of the casing above the first conveyance path is positioned above a second portion of the ceiling of the casing above the second conveyance path.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59677
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13356894', '12401209', '12943067', '14180793', '13356933']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8435261744651337
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5052702866616703
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8097005856847873
- Mean Citation Score: 280.01619600000004
- Max Citation Score: 292.41602
- Similarity Product: 192.8587016329372

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