ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,241, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming system" was invented by Hajime Sekiguchi (Chiba, Japan), Toshifumi Itabashi (Ibaraki, Japan) and Hiroyuki Nakagawa (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a feeding device, the image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a housing, an opening/closing door openable and closable between a first closed position and a first open position, and a support unit openable and closable between a second closed position and a second open position and configured to support a sheet when the sup...