US 7016062

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US Patent 7,016,062 — Summary

Bottom line on your search request: I found no CAFC 2026 docket activity for patent 7,016,062. Searches of Federal Circuit/appellate sources for this number returned nothing. The only Ricoh-related 2026 litigation that surfaced (Ricoh Co. v. Zoom Communications, D. Del., amended complaint Jan. 13, 2026) concerns videoconferencing patents (the '487, '059, '917, '464, '093, '278, '548 patents) — not the '062 patent. Likewise, no PTAB IPR/PGR or reexamination record for '062 appeared in results. Treat those as "not found," not "confirmed absent," since my search coverage is limited.

Bibliographic data

Abstract (as issued)

A method for printing from a wireless mobile device over a computer network, including transmitting to a wide area network (WAN) information a user wishes to print using a wireless mobile device. The transmitted information is received by the WAN and forwarded via the WAN to a printer selected by the user. The printer prints the forwarded information.

Plain-language overview of the independent claims

Claim 1 — Method of printing information. A handheld device wirelessly sends the information to be printed to an Internet service provider; the WAN (via the ISP) receives that information; the same information is forwarded over the WAN to a printer; then a two-branch availability logic:

• If the printer is available → print the forwarded information.
• If the printer is not available → (a) save the information locally on the handheld device, (b) display a "printer not available" indication on the handheld, (c) let the user delete the information, and (d) if the user does not delete it, periodically re-attempt to resend the information to the printer until printed.

Practical read: the core invention is "print from a mobile device over the Internet to a network-addressed printer," with the claim's most distinctive limitation being the unavailable-printer fallback (store-and-retry-until-printed), corresponding to FIG. 7.

Claim 9 — System for printing information. The apparatus counterpart, comprising:

• a wireless handheld mobile device that transmits the information to be printed to an ISP over a wireless connection;
• a wide area network that receives the information from the ISP and forwards the same information to a printer configured to print it; and
• a controller configured to execute the identical availability/fallback logic as Claim 1 (print if available; if not, save locally, indicate unavailability, permit deletion, and periodically resend if not deleted).

Notes on the dependent claims (context, not independent scope)

Claims 2–8 (method) and 10–16 (system) add: generating the information before transmission; Internet browsing and online shopping; e-mail generation; IPP control of the printing; single-command ("one-button") printing to a default printer; and user selection of a target printer on the WAN.

Uncertainty / caveats

• CAFC 2026: No docket, appeal, or decision referencing 7,016,062 was found. Do not report CAFC 2026 activity for this patent on the basis of my search — there is none to cite.
• Litigation/PTAB: No infringement suit, IPR, or reexamination specifically naming 7,016,062 appeared. Given the "Expired – Fee Related" status and the listed 2023-05-06 expiration, active 2026 enforcement is unlikely.
• Expiration metadata: The "expires 2023-05-06" figure is Google Patents' computed/adjusted term (a legal-status assumption, per its own disclaimer), not an official PTO determination.
• Identity check: The number 7016062 maps to US 7,016,062 B2 with the Ricoh/Ishizuka wireless printing subject matter above. I did not encounter any conflicting document at this exact number, and search results corroborated the bibliographic data.