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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Applicants:
Shintaro Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 9/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6585 (2013.01); G03G 9/0819 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00797 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming device and a visualizing device. The latent image forming device forms a latent image with an adhesive on a base material. The visualizing device causes particles to adhere to the latent image to visualize the latent image as an uneven image. The particles each contains an insoluble substance.