PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15907513
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing device having: a heating member having a heat source; a pressing member; and a fixing member heated by the heating member and forming a nip portion passing through a recording material together with the pressing member; and a hardware processor that: estimates a temperature of the fixing member based on a temperature of the heating member; and estimates a durability state of the fixing member according to the temperature of the fixing member estimated.

Claim (Index 20):
A method of controlling an image forming apparatus including a fixing device comprising: a heating roller comprising a heat source; a pressing roller; and a fixing roller heated by the heating roller and that forms, together with the pressing roller, a nip portion through which a recording material passes, the method comprising:\n estimating a temperature of the fixing roller based on a temperature of the heating roller; and estimating a durability state of the fixing roller according to the estimated temperature of the fixing roller.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11905
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14928757', '13731432', '13413034', '12880327', '14173171']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8233458323493286
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4806533694139749
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7890765860557932
- Mean Citation Score: 242.757178
- Max Citation Score: 245.75832000000003
- Similarity Product: 190.3606225259113

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

Dataset: test