ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,107, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus and image forming method" was invented by Tatsuya Fujisaki (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus comprises a sheet feeding mechanism that feeds a print sheet; an image forming mechanism capable of forming a first image on one surface of the print sheet and allowing the print sheet to pass through the image forming mechanism, and forming a second image on the other surface of the print sheet when the print sheet that has passed through the image forming mechanism is switched back and passes through the image fo...