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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:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
May. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadashi Ohira, Itami, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03O 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03O 1/500 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus such as, for example, a printer or a copying machine for forming an image on a sheet in accordance with video data includes a timer for measuring a length of time elapsed after a power supply has been turned on, an ejected-sheet detector for detecting an output object on a sheet ejection port, and a time output control for receiving respective signals from the timer and the ejected-sheet detector and outputting the present time onto a sheet whenever a predetermined period expires after the power supply has been turned on and when an output object is present on the sheet ejection port.