PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15892244
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["399", "258000"]

Abstract:
A developing unit includes a developer bearing member, a container, an end seal, a sheet, and a backup member. The container contains a developer. The container has an opening for supplying the developer to the developer bearing member. The end seal is disposed between the developer bearing member and the developer container. The end seal is disposed at an area of the container outside a longitudinal end of the opening. The sheet seals a gap between the developer bearing member and the container. One widthwise end of the sheet is fixed to the container. The other widthwise end is in contact with the developer bearing member. A longitudinal end of the sheet includes a sandwiched portion between the end seal and the developer bearing member. The backup member is provided in an area facing a surface of the sheet opposite to a surface in contact with the developer bearing member.

Claim (Index 6):
The developing unit according to  claim 1 , wherein a distance between the end seal and the backup member in the longitudinal direction is 0.7 mm or less.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.41667
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15793053', '15473264', '13024704', '15618423', '10355076']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8444290482627963
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4993454324392354
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8099206866804403
- Mean Citation Score: 283.462288
- Max Citation Score: 292.5736
- Similarity Product: 221.06428020820613

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

Dataset: test