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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:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kan Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiko Majima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358500 ; 358523 ; 358538 ; 358524 ; 358448 ; 358453 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus capable of identifying a color or colors which may be entered on a document. The apparatus automatically manipulates an image representative of a document only if the document is marked in any desired color. With the apparatus of the invention, the image forming time is reduced, and the image forming procedure is simplified.