PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941963
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["399", "256000"]

Abstract:
A developing device of the present disclosure includes a developing container, a first stirring-conveyance member, a second stirring-conveyance member, and a developer carrier. The developing container includes a first conveyance chamber, and a second conveyance chamber arranged above the first conveyance chamber. The first stirring-conveyance member conveys a developer in the first conveyance chamber in a first direction, while stirring the developer. The second stirring-conveyance member conveys the developer in the second conveyance chamber in a second direction, while stirring the developer. The first stirring-conveyance member includes a plurality of spiral blades formed on an outer peripheral surface of a rotary shaft, and a reverse spiral blade which is arranged downstream of the spiral blades in the first direction and opposite in winding direction to the spiral blades. Downstream ends of the spiral blades in the first direction are located substantially equally distant from the reverse spiral blade.

Claim (Index 9):
The developing device according to  claim 8 ,\n wherein the developer is a two-component developer which contains the toner and a carrier.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.875
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15890702', '14519864', '15835860', '15019552', '15926782']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8317316903103372
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5287378523448374
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8014323065137873
- Mean Citation Score: 337.43826
- Max Citation Score: 363.94666
- Similarity Product: 237.76719438529256

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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