PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16382442
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "114000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including a process cartridge and a main body with an opening and a cover, is provided. The process cartridge includes a drum cartridge, a toner cartridge, and a switching member. The switching member switches states in the process cartridge between a first state, wherein the toner cartridge is restricted from being detached, and a second state, wherein the toner cartridge is released from the restriction. The process cartridge is movable between an attached position to be placed entirely inside the main body and a detached position to be entirely outside the main body. The main body includes a restrictor to restrict the process cartridge from moving from an intermediate position toward the detached position. While the process cartridge is restricted by the restrictor, a supportive part in the cover supports the process cartridge with the switching member being at least partly placed outside the main body.

Claim (Index 21):
An image forming apparatus usable with a process cartridge, the process cartridge comprising a developer roller, the image forming apparatus comprising:\n a main body having an opening and an inner space formed inside the main body on an inner side with respect to the opening; and a cover movable between a closing position, in which the cover closes the opening, and an open position, in which the opening is exposed; wherein the process cartridge is movable between an attached position, in which the process cartridge is entirely placed in the inner space, and a detached position, in which the process cartridge is entirely placed outside the inner space on an outer side with respect to the opening, via an intermediate position, which is between the attached position and the detached position; wherein the main body comprises a restrictor configured to restrict a movable range of the process cartridge between the attached position and the intermediate position; and wherein, when the process cartridge is at the intermediate position, at least a part of the photosensitive drum is placed in the inner space.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64516
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15370809', '16137158', '15364996', '16014538', '15875746']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8035734024619668
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5298112146091823
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7761971836766884
- Mean Citation Score: 315.291208
- Max Citation Score: 374.616
- Similarity Product: 315.9261713132858

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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