Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-09
2011-08-09
Crawford, Gene (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
C270S052020, C270S058020, C270S058040, C270S058010, C270S052140, C270S052160, C270S052290
Reexamination Certificate
active
07992853
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for processing documents is provided. Documents having a selected characteristic are placed into a first area, whereas documents not having the selected characteristic are placed into a second area. A sensor in the first area detects the presence of documents in the first area. The documents are conveyed to a scanner that scans the documents to obtain information regarding the documents. The processing of the documents is controlled by a processor. A document is electronically tagged as having the selected characteristic and processed accordingly in response to the detection of the document in the first area and in response to whether the document arrived at the scanner during a pre-determined time frame.
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Chezik Peter M.
Hayduchok George L
Crawford Gene
Cumbess Yolanda
Dann Dorfman Herrell & Skillman
Eland Stephen H.
Opex Corporation
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