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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:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Gin Yoshidome, Concord, CA (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 39/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 39/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A finishing unit for applying a note onto a printed document that exits from an image forming apparatus is provided. The finishing unit, according to one embodiment, includes a note cutting unit for cutting a sheet of paper to a note of a desired size and a note pasting unit for applying the note onto the printed document that exits from the image forming apparatus. An image forming apparatus and method of applying a note onto a printed are also described.