PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15945145
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["430", "137150"]

Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a toner production method configured to prevent scale formation, be resistant to pipe clogging, and realize stable and efficient toner production, even in the case of long-term continuous production. Disclosed is a toner production method comprising: a dispersing step for obtaining a colorant dispersion by, in a stirring tank, (a) dispersing or dissolving a colorant and a charge control agent in a polymerizable monomer, or (b) dispersing or dissolving a binder resin, a colorant and a charge control agent in an organic solvent, and a droplets forming step by suspending the colorant dispersion in an aqueous dispersion medium, wherein, in the dispersing step, the binder resin, colorant or charge control agent is added to the polymerizable monomer or organic solvent in the stirring tank, from a hopper, through a pipe heated by a heating device.

Claim (Index 4):
The toner production method according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating device is a self-temperature-regulating electric heater that is able to control power output depending on temperature change.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28169
- Patent Class: 430.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11628549', '10927133', '10924114', '14582949', '11335648']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7786497697758197
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5064145299647337
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7514262457947111
- Mean Citation Score: 210.335532
- Max Citation Score: 213.99927
- Similarity Product: 118.3302000676328

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

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