PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15884486
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["271", "157000"]

Abstract:
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a sheet supporting portion, a regulation member, a flag portion, a detection portion, and a holding portion con. At the holding position, the holding portion supports the flag portion at the upper position in a case where the sheet supporting portion is positioned at the first position, and, at the allowing position, the holding portion allows movement of the flag portion to the lower position in a case where the sheet supporting portion is positioned at the second position. A lower end of the flag portion is positioned above the regulation surface in a case where the flag portion is positioned at the upper position, and is positioned below the regulation surface in a case where the flag portion is positioned at the lower position.

Claim (Index 1):
A sheet supporting apparatus comprising:\n a sheet supporting portion configured to support a sheet and supported to be ascendible and descendible between a first position and a second position; a regulation member comprising a regulation surface configured to regulate a height of the sheet supported by the sheet supporting portion; a flag portion supported to be movable between an upper position and a lower position and configured to be positioned at the lower position in a case where the sheet is not supported by the sheet supporting portion positioned at the second position; a detection portion configured to detect that the flag portion is positioned at the lower position; and a holding portion configured to move between a holding position and an allowing position, wherein, at the holding position, the holding portion supports the flag portion at the upper position in a case where the sheet supporting portion is positioned at the first position, and, at the allowing position, the holding portion allows movement of the flag portion to the lower position in a case where the sheet supporting portion is positioned at the second position, and wherein a lower end of the flag portion is positioned above the regulation surface in a case where the flag portion is positioned at the upper position, and is positioned below the regulation surface in a case where the flag portion is positioned at the lower position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.64103
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15098815', '15880694', '10606312', '15825414', '15240153']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7378504724819198
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4680360060095574
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7108690258346836
- Mean Citation Score: 195.203146
- Max Citation Score: 202.78549
- Similarity Product: 160.93932044299066

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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