PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16033762
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["358", "498000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a function controller. The function controller performs control so as not to execute a conveyance function when function information, which indicates whether to restrict execution of a conveyance function for conveying a sheet for each conveyance source of the sheet or each conveyance destination of the sheet, indicates that the execution of the conveyance function is restricted. The function controller performs control to execute the conveyance function when the function information indicates that the execution of the conveyance function is not restricted.

Claim (Index 11):
An image forming method, comprising:\n displaying, by a control panel, a screen for receiving function information indicating whether to restrict execution of a conveyance function for conveying a sheet for at least one conveyance source of the sheet or at least one conveyance direction of the sheet; storing, in function information storage, the received function information; and performing control of an image forming apparatus so as not to execute the conveyance function when the stored function information indicates that the execution of the conveyance function is restricted, or performing control to execute the conveyance function when the stored function information indicates that the execution of the conveyance function is not restricted.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.42105
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15665812', '15440159', '11972132', '12183256', '14327994']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4334006928312683
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.491657453722758
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4392263689204173
- Mean Citation Score: 151.51389799999995
- Max Citation Score: 159.5684
- Similarity Product: 106.59652956888677

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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