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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:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1207 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/1255 (2013.01); G06F 3/1259 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a display section and a hardware processor that controls at least the display section, wherein the hardware processor causes the display section to display first information regarding a brand of the recording medium or a manufacturer of the recording medium, and second information regarding a usage amount or a usage rate of the recording medium associated with the first information.