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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:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Noriyuki Matsushima, Edogawa-ku, JP;
Shuichiro Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Noriyuki Matsushima, Edogawa-ku, JP;
Shuichiro Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printing device receives print data for confidential printing, and decides the output destination of the print data received for confidential printing either to be a lockable output bin that can be opened by a key so that the print data can be outputted in a format of being printed on paper, or a digital output bin that is capable of holding the print data and allowing the print data held there to be taken out for printing based on user verification.