PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15935730
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "111000"]

Abstract:
A developing apparatus, a cartridge, and an image forming apparatus in which, in a longitudinal direction, an edge portion of a carrying portion is disposed so as to be positioned outside an inner edge portion of an edge portion sealing member, and inside an outer edge portion of the edge portion sealing member. An edge portion of the restricting member is disposed so as to be positioned outside the edge portion of the carrying portion, and inside the outer edge portion of the edge portion sealing member.

Claim (Index 1):
A developing apparatus comprising:\n a developer carrying member that includes a carrying portion that carries developer; a developing frame that stores the developer carried by the developer carrying member, the developing frame rotatably supporting the developer carrying member at an edge portion of the developer carrying member in a longitudinal direction; a restricting member disposed in the longitudinal direction, the restricting member restricting a thickness of the developer carried on the carrying portion; and an edge portion sealing member disposed between the edge portion of the developer carrying member and an edge portion of the developing frame that supports the edge portion of the developer carrying member, the edge portion sealing member restricting leakage of the developer in the edge portion of the developing frame, wherein in the longitudinal direction, an edge portion of the carrying portion is disposed so as to be positioned outside an inner edge portion of the edge portion sealing member, and inside an outer edge portion of the edge portion sealing member, and wherein an edge portion of the restricting member is disposed so as to be positioned outside the edge portion of the carrying portion, and inside the outer edge portion of the edge portion sealing member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71429
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13071857', '12359601', '13975806', '14164551', '11608355']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8239630497149325
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4748496759916991
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7890517123426092
- Mean Citation Score: 244.415962
- Max Citation Score: 249.64256
- Similarity Product: 212.04155048725127

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

Dataset: test