PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916787
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "027000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus capable of preventing unnecessary replacement of a toner cartridge when a drum part is replaced. The toner cartridge supplies toner. The drum part uses the toner supplied from the toner cartridge as lubricant when the drum part performs a first time operation after it has been mounted. The toner cartridge and the drum part are removably mounted. The image forming apparatus detects a value indicative of the remaining amount of toner stored in the toner cartridge and a value indicative of the remaining lifetime of the drum part. When the value indicative of the remaining lifetime is not larger than a predetermined threshold value, replacement of the drum part is notified. Contents of the notification are changed according to the value indicative of the remaining amount of toner stored in the toner cartridge.

Claim (Index 8):
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for executing a method of controlling an image forming apparatus on which a toner member for supplying toner, and another member that uses the toner supplied from the toner member as lubricant when the other member performs a first time operation after being mounted, are removably mounted,\n wherein the method comprises: acquiring a value indicative of a remaining amount of toner stored in the toner member and a value indicative of a remaining lifetime of the other member; and providing a notification relevant to replacement of the other member when the value indicative of the remaining lifetime of the other member is not larger than a predetermined threshold value, wherein said providing the notification includes switching contents of the notification according to the value indicative of the remaining amount of toner stored in the toner member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45763
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12432038', '14993622', '13184111', '13184029', '13191671']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7888925101145623
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4866349578423277
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7586667548873389
- Mean Citation Score: 188.08835800000003
- Max Citation Score: 195.60312
- Similarity Product: 134.56888852593897

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

Dataset: test