Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-23
2011-08-23
Nicholson, III, Leslie A (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
C270S052040, C270S058310
Reexamination Certificate
active
08002258
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus has a tab sheet supply unit and a control unit. The tab sheet supply unit supplies tab sheets of an identical type from an identical sheet supply tray as a chapter tab sheet to be inserted at a breakpoint of a first level of classification of a document to be printed, as well as a section tab sheet to be inserted at a breakpoint of a second level that is a finer level of classification than the first level of classification. The control unit causes the tab sheet contained in the sheet supply tray to be discharged as an unnecessary tab sheet, if the tab position of the tab sheet to be supplied next from the sheet supply tray does not match with the tab position of the tab sheet to be inserted next during the printing of the document, until both of the tab positions match.
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Notification of Reason(s) for Refusal issued in corresponding Japanese Application No. 2007-040742 dated Oct. 27, 2009, and an English Translation thereof.
Notification of Reason for Refusal in JP 2007-040742, dated Mar. 10, 2009, and an English Translation thereof.
Ichikawa Yukihiko
Nakagawa Michihiro
Sakuraba Tamotsu
Shinchi Toshimi
Buchanan & Ingersoll & Rooney PC
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Nicholson, III Leslie A
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