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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:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
May. 01, 2000
Applicants:
Yuki Uchida, Wayne, NJ (US);
Toshihiro Kudara, Riveredge, NJ (US);
Hisashi Ishijima, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Yuki Uchida, Wayne, NJ (US);
Toshihiro Kudara, Riveredge, NJ (US);
Hisashi Ishijima, Fort Lee, NJ (US);
Assignees:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for utilizing otherwise unused space on cover or partition sheets printed in response to a print command, which sheets otherwise typically become waste paper, by printing on such sheets additional information not directly related to the print job but of interest to the user, such as coupons, or other promotional material, or other information such as lottery material.