PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15907798
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "067000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a fixing section, and a frame unit. The image forming section forms a toner image on a sheet. The fixing section fixes the toner image to the sheet. The frame unit supports the image forming section and the fixing section. The fixing section includes a fixing unit and a nip pressure changing section. The fixing unit forms a fixing nip that applies heat and pressure to the sheet. The nip pressure changing section changes nip pressure of the fixing nip. The fixing unit includes an abutment portion. The frame unit includes a unit fitting compartment into which the fixing unit is to be fitted and a receiving portion that receives the abutment portion once the fixing unit is fitted into the unit fitting compartment.

Claim (Index 7):
The image forming apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein\n the driving power input gear of the fixing unit is disposed on one of opposite ends of the fixing unit in a longitudinal direction of the fixing unit, and the connection gear of the nip pressure changing section is disposed on the other of the opposite ends of the fixing unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.34884
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13875033', '14226687', '14929896', '14719506', '13050457']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8196597734855747
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4964274548548679
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.787336541622504
- Mean Citation Score: 199.331842
- Max Citation Score: 213.4561
- Similarity Product: 125.4337750031948

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