ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,444, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Yuki Oshima (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a controller controlling conveyance of first and second recording materials. The controller calculates based on an acquired length of the second recording material in the conveyance direction before feeding, a loosening amount of the second recording material between a conveyance nip and a transfer nip when the second recording material is nipped therebetween. The controller determines based on the acquired information on the image, wheth...