PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16016045
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["399", "329000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a fixing device for preventing an increase in torque when a fixing belt starts to be driven. The fixing device may include a fixing belt that is rotatable; a pressure roller configured to pressure-contact an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt and to form a fixing nip portion between the pressure roller and the fixing belt. A contact member is located inside the fixing belt and includes a contact portion that contacts an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt. The contact portion includes a surface having a plate shape that faces the pressure roller and a plurality of protrusions that protrude from the surface toward the pressure roller.

Claim (Index 17):
The fixing device of  claim 16 , wherein the film thickness regulating portion comprises an edge portion that is located on end portion of the guide surface to scrape the lubricant attached to the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt, and a lubricant receiving portion that is located between the contact member and the edge portion to receive the lubricant scraped by the edge portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12727
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15297666', '15644701', '15804459', '15379354', '13293561']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8020092791266902
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5020247446671755
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7720108256807388
- Mean Citation Score: 238.512342
- Max Citation Score: 311.5272
- Similarity Product: 309.50765627317435

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