PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16195472
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["399", "092000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing device, an exit tray, a first conveyance section, a duct, and an air generator. The image forming section forms an image on a sheet. The fixing device fixes the image to the sheet. The exit tray receives placement of the sheet with the image fixed thereto. The first conveyance section conveys the sheet with the image formed thereon along a conveyance path. The duct has an inlet and a first outlet. The air generator is disposed within the duct and generates air directed from the inlet to the first outlet. The inlet is located in a position for sucking in air from a space above the exit tray. The first outlet opens toward the conveyance path.

Claim (Index 7):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 1 , comprising\n a plurality of the air generators, wherein the duct extends from the inlet to the first outlet, and the air generators are arranged in a width direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the duct.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51786
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13226851', '14854264', '16190196', '13248442', '14851951']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7613794767962537
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4752415262069466
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.732765681737323
- Mean Citation Score: 167.31140200000004
- Max Citation Score: 178.54744
- Similarity Product: 128.75974902392386

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

Dataset: test