PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964146
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["271", "003010"]

Abstract:
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a stacking portion comprising a stacking surface on which sheets are stacked, a feeding portion configured to feed the sheets stacked on the stacking surface, an abutment member comprising a contact surface configured to contact edges of the sheets stacked on the stacking surface and extending along a stacking direction of the sheets, the abutment member being configured to move with a constant contact angle between the contact surface and the edges of the sheets in a cross section parallel with the stacking direction in a case where the contact surface is pushed by the sheets stacked on the stacking surface, and a detection portion configured to output a detection signal in accordance with a position of the abutment member.

Claim (Index 5):
The sheet feeding apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the stacking portion comprises a moving portion which includes the stacking surface,\n wherein the moving portion is supported such that the moving portion is able to move upward from a first position toward a second position and wherein the abutment member is configured to pivot around the pivot axis extending in a direction orthogonal to the stacking surface of the moving portion positioned at the first position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54902
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12962332', '14558623', '12835915', '13529428', '15277920']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7759834767998504
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4870545611177635
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7470905852316417
- Mean Citation Score: 233.604166
- Max Citation Score: 240.3872
- Similarity Product: 169.9967964202881

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