PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16179635
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["399", "302000"]

Abstract:
An intermediate transfer belt includes a base layer that has ionic conductivity and is a thickest layer out of multiple layers making up the intermediate transfer belt with respect to the thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, and an inner layer having electronic conductivity and a lower electrical resistance than the base layer.

Claim (Index 1):
An image forming apparatus, comprising:\n an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image; a movable endless intermediate transfer belt that has electrical conductivity and is configured of a plurality of layers; a secondary transfer member configured to come into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and configured to transfer a toner image from the intermediate transfer belt onto a transfer medium; and a power source configured to apply voltage to the secondary transfer member, wherein the toner image borne by the image bearing member is transferred by primary transfer to the intermediate transfer belt, and the toner image borne by the intermediate transfer belt is transferred by secondary transfer to the transfer medium by applying voltage from the power source to the secondary transfer member, and wherein the plurality of layers of the intermediate transfer belt includes\n a first layer that has ionic conductivity and is a thickest layer out of the plurality of layers making up the intermediate transfer belt with respect to the thickness direction of the intermediate transfer belt, and \n a second layer having electronic conductivity and a lower electrical resistance than the first layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.51351
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15663425', '14970399', '15847726', '13877447', '15426901']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8411837218084539
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5349001412290864
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8105553637505172
- Mean Citation Score: 350.586384
- Max Citation Score: 403.1543
- Similarity Product: 371.2644052400946

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