PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16031262
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a cover that is opened to permit an operator to access an interior of the image forming apparatus to install a toner cartridge in the image forming apparatus, an image forming unit configured to form an image with toner supplied from the installed toner cartridge, and a control unit configured to execute a process to determine whether or not the installed toner cartridge is genuine upon detecting that the image forming apparatus is in a first state and upon detecting that the cover has been opened and then closed for a time period and the time period exceeds a threshold time period.

Claim (Index 11):
An image forming apparatus comprising:\n a cover that is openable for an operator to access an interior of the image forming apparatus to perform operations including installing a toner cartridge and clearing a paper jam; an image forming device that uses toner supplied from the installed toner cartridge; a paper jam sensor configured to optically detect a paper jam in the image forming device; and a controller configured to:\n determine a first time period during which the cover has been opened, upon determining that the cover is closed and the paper jam sensor detects no paper jam; \n execute a process to determine whether or not the installed toner cartridge is genuine upon the first time period exceeding a first threshold time period; \n determine a second time period passed from detection of the paper jam by the paper jam sensor, upon determining that the cover is closed and the paper jam sensor detected the paper jam; and \n execute the process upon the second time period exceeding a second threshold time period.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 52.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07547
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15139860', '16028722', '15482630', '14186952', '12508192']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4801533291849293
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4815323265588664
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.480291228922323
- Mean Citation Score: 149.937026
- Max Citation Score: 154.11127
- Similarity Product: 104.52315113108158

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

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