ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,831, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Booklet creating apparatus and image forming system" was invented by Kenji Takagi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A booklet creating apparatus includes a heating-and-pressing unit and a controller. The heating-and-pressing unit heats and presses adhesive layer in a state in which plural sheets, with the adhesive layer formed thereon, are stacked. The controller performs control in such a way as to make a predetermined temperature and/or pressure lower when heating and pressing sheets of minimum size than when heating and pressing sheets of maximum size."
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