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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:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Juan M Jimenez, Escondido, CA (US);
Geoffrey Mayne, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399367 ; 358498 ; 399379 ;
Abstract
A background plate for use with a document feeder and a scanning device having a transparent document support. The background plate includes a plate member and a plurality of support members extending downwardly from the plate member and adapted to support the plate member on the scanning device in spaced relation to the transparent document support.