PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16145351
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "258000"]

Abstract:
A developing apparatus includes a developer bearing member, a first chamber to supply developer to the developer bearing member, and a second chamber to collect the developer conveyed from the developer bearing member. A first screw is disposed within the first chamber and conveys the developer in a first direction, and a second screw is disposed within the second chamber and includes a first conveyance portion to convey the developer in an opposite second direction and a return portion provided downstream of the first communication port in the second direction. The return portion conveys the developer in the first direction. A discharge portion is provided in the second chamber and downstream of the return portion in the second direction to discharge the developer out of the second chamber. The first communication port is disposed outside a developer bearing area on the developer bearing member in the second direction.

Claim (Index 10):
The developing apparatus according to  claim 9 ,\n wherein the return portion is disposed outside the developer bearing member in the second direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.54545
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15467252', '15599664', '15468342', '15969937', '15827254']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8263326063565238
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.509182241415169
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7946175698623884
- Mean Citation Score: 275.29622
- Max Citation Score: 301.4610600000001
- Similarity Product: 196.61692332645904

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

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