PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15900190
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "044000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing part that fixes an unfixed toner image transferred to a sheet of paper by a fixing member being heated, a duct having an inner opening facing the fixing member and an outer opening spaced apart from the fixing member, a fan capable of changing a flow direction of air inside the duct, a filter that collects particulates flowing inside the duct, and a hardware processor that controls the fan to rotate in a direction to draw air into the duct from the inner opening to collect the particulates from a vicinity of the fixing member, and that, at a timing at which to cool the fixing member, controls the fan to rotate in a direction to blow air inside the duct toward the fixing member from the inner opening.

Claim (Index 5):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising an inner valve biasing member that biases the inner valve in a direction to close the inner valve,\n wherein the inner valve is opened and closed based on a rotation output of the fan and a rotation direction of the fan.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36066
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13034888', '12923029', '15713977', '13034944', '14630630']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8091470567115926
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4910159158247233
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7773339426229057
- Mean Citation Score: 221.356982
- Max Citation Score: 234.53876
- Similarity Product: 152.4887022047162

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