Patent Document ID: 7969457
Application ID: 11731846

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for marking a document comprising: a housing configured to be handheld having a display, an input element in communication with the display through which information to be marked on the document is entered and which appears on the display, a clock which keeps time and date, a stamp, and an activation element which when activated causes the stamp to mark the time and date and information on the document; wherein the housing has a memory which stores the information inputted via the input element, the memory in communication with the input element; wherein the housing has a CPU in communication with the memory and the clock that transfers the information from the memory to the stamp; wherein the stamp includes a thermal transfer printer; wherein the housing has a power source in communication with the printer; wherein the printer includes a ribbon, a portion of which is melted by the printer onto the document which marks the document with the information and the date and the time; wherein when the activation element is activated, the printer is caused to heat the portion of the ribbon; and wherein the housing has a protective cover on the stamp which retracts from the stamp, exposing the stamp, when the activation element is activated.

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Claim 2:
2. An apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein the power element includes a battery.