PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124491
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "045000"]

Abstract:
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a decoloring unit that performs decoloring processing on an image formed on a sheet using decolorable material. An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. A reuse tray can receive a sheet. Anew sheet tray can receive a sheet. A processor performs processing to determine whether to convey a sheet from the reuse tray or the new sheet tray to the image forming unit to form an image thereon. When it is determined that the sheet is conveyed from the reuse tray, the processor controls the decoloring unit to perform the decoloring processing on the sheet, and update a rewards account of the user.

Claim (Index 5):
The apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising:\n a reading unit configured to generate image data by reading an image which is formed on a sheet, wherein the processor is further configured to perform processing to determine whether the sheet is reusable based on image data which is obtained from the sheet by the reading unit after the sheet has been subjected to the decoloring processing in the decoloring unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33962
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15639539', '14934317', '14476397', '15344702', '15605434']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.785826909738574
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4896075417371751
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7562049729384341
- Mean Citation Score: 244.161902
- Max Citation Score: 283.90897
- Similarity Product: 266.6161292380947

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

Dataset: test