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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Satoshi Okimoto, Komaki, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
An image forming device includes image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium, electronic mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail transmitted from a personal computer, control means for controlling the image forming means according to contents of the received electronic mail whether or not the electronic mail is accompanied by a print file, so that an image corresponding to the electronic mail is formed on the image forming medium.