PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16253566
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["399", "254000"]

Abstract:
A developing device includes a developer container configured to accommodate a developer containing toner and a carrier; and a feeding screw provided rotatably in the developer container and configured to feed the developer in a predetermined feeding direction, the feeding screw including a rotation shaft, and a first helical blade and a second helical blade which are formed around the rotation shaft and which form a multi-thread helical blade. The feeding screw includes a region in which a plate-like projection portion is provided on the rotation shaft between the first helical blade and the second helical blade. The plate-like projection portion is provided so as to contact an adjacent helical blade on a downstream side with respect to the feeding direction without contacting an adjacent helical blade on an upstream side with respect to the feeding direction.

Claim (Index 6):
A developing device according to  claim 1 , wherein said feeding screw includes a region a plurality of said plate-like projection portions are provided on said rotation shaft between said first helical blade and said second helical blade.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42373
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16253576', '13448776', '15982040', '15982028', '15001433']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8392359328408615
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.526907785745858
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8080031181313612
- Mean Citation Score: 291.84354999999994
- Max Citation Score: 378.5088
- Similarity Product: 308.357540524292

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