G06K 15/404
Managing other optional outputs
Official title: {Managing other optional outputs, e.g. collators, staplers}
G06K15/404 (Managing other optional outputs) appears on 70 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 9 Jun 2026
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Recent patents
- Image forming system including booklet creation apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,649,331 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer for use with attaching device13 May 2025US 12,299,510 B2Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Information processing method, information processing program, information processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus26 Nov 2024US 12,153,840 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing system and printing method9 Jul 2024US 12,030,332 B2SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Medium stacker and image forming system incorporating the medium stacker28 Nov 2023US 11,829,824 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image forming system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273983 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for operating an assembly formed of a digital printing machine and a folding machine, assembly of such machines, and production method for changing jobs20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244385 A1Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Image forming apparatus, recording medium, and control method for image forming apparatus8 Jan 2026US 2026/0010748 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image-forming apparatus and foil printing system9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314996 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming system1 May 2025US 2025/0135798 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of producing an ordered stack of bound pre-printed product information sheets for a store from planogram or ordered data18US 8,836,990 B1Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. · 2014
- Method of producing an ordered stack of bound product information sheets for a store from planogram or ordered data17US 8,885,204 B1Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. · 2014
- Method of producing an ordered stack of bound product information sheets for a store from planogram or ordered data14US 8,970,893 B1Information Planning & Management Service, Inc. · 2015
- Paper feed system and method12US 9,373,065 B1Express Scripts, Inc. · 2016
- Cut-out printing system that places cut patterns into white spaces on a medium to reduce waste3US 10,324,673 B1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. · 2019