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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. 01, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward L Steiner, Macedon, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An electrostatographic type copying or reproduction machine incorporating a programmable digital computer to operate various machine components. The computer includes a memory which contains a plurality of different operating programs with each program instructing the machine to operate in a different manner. Provision is made for selectively permitting the user to access the programs of lesser complexity, while providing access to all of the programs to trained service personnel. The service personnel can expand or restrict the number of programs that the user is permitted to use depending on her familiarity with the machine.