PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16030820
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["358", "474000"]

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a platen, a copyholder configured to rotate around a rotary axis, and a reader configured to read a reading surface pressed against the copyholder, of a document placed on the platen. The reader is supported by the copyholder to be able to move in a direction not parallel to the rotary axis.

Claim (Index 6):
An image reading method executed by using an image reading apparatus including\n a platen, a copyholder configured to rotate around a rotary axis, a reader configured to read a reading surface pressed against the copyholder, of a document placed on the platen, a driver configured to move the reader with respect to the copyholder, and a sensor configured to determine whether the reader is arranged at a home position, the method comprising: determining whether the reader is arranged at a home position by using the sensor; and arranging the reader at the home position by causing the reader to approach the rotary axis by using the driver, when the reader is not arranged at the home position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63158
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15964633', '10982831', '14081644', '14076790', '10310054']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4640061686381795
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4922836032148032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4668339120958418
- Mean Citation Score: 132.2062648
- Max Citation Score: 206.08157
- Similarity Product: 144.55095277066113

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