PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["347", "019000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprises: a detection unit that detects that a recording material is conveyed to a predetermined position on a conveyance path; a forming unit that forms an examination pattern at a defined position of the recording material; a reading unit that reads an image on the conveyance path when the recording material is being conveyed; a memory that saves read image data during a predetermined period defined based on a detection timing of the detection unit; and a specifying unit that specifies an edge of the recording material by detecting an area corresponding to the conveyance path in the image data saved in the memory, and specifies an examination pattern area corresponding to the examination pattern based on the specified edge and the defined position; and an examining unit that examines the examination pattern area.

Claim (Index 4):
The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the examination pattern is formed such that a predetermined area is provided between the examination pattern and the edge.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5614
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13888503', '12561968', '13888494', '14093740', '14261579']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7177841864225674
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5037206464274866
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6963778324230593
- Mean Citation Score: 173.67595999999998
- Max Citation Score: 179.96355
- Similarity Product: 106.0887826936662

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

Dataset: test