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US 6,168,145 · App. 09/086,941

Apparatus and method for automatically finishing copies after the maximum storage tray capacity has been exceeded

Inventors: Hiroharu Tanaka, Yoichi Kawabuchi, Tomoyuki Atsumi
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Granted: Jan 2, 2001 Filed: May 29, 1998
Inventors
Hiroharu Tanaka
Yoichi Kawabuchi
Tomoyuki Atsumi
Assignee (at issue)
Minolta Co., Ltd.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,168,145
App. No.
09/086,941
Filed
1998-05-29
Granted
2001-01-02
Kind
A