ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,165, issued on April 21, was assigned to FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory computer readable medium" was invented by Akira Okamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a processor configured to: retain a print command having a print deadline set therefor and received from a user, execute a billing process related to a printing process when the printing process related to the print command is completed in the image forming apparatus that has acquired the print command, and be communicable with a print server tha...