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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Kateeva, Inc., Newark, CA (US);

Inventors:

Justin Mauck, Belmont, CA (US);

Alexander Sou-Kang Ko, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Eliyahu Vronsky, Los Altos, CA (US);

Shandon Alderson, San Carlos, CA (US);

Assignee:

KATEEVA, INC., Newark, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/54 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01); B05C 15/00 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); F24F 3/16 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 29/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B05C 15/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 29/17 (2013.01); F24F 3/1607 (2013.01); H01L 21/6719 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49721 (2015.01);
Abstract

The present teachings disclose various embodiments of a gas enclosure system can have a gas enclosure that can include a printing system enclosure and an auxiliary enclosure. In various embodiments of a gas enclosure system of the present teachings, a printing system enclosure can be isolated from an auxiliary enclosure. Various systems and methods of the present teachings can provide for the ongoing management of a printing system by utilizing various embodiments of isolatable enclosures. For example, various measurement and maintenance process steps for the management of a printhead assembly can be performed in an auxiliary enclosure, which can be isolated from a printing system enclosure of a gas enclosure system, thereby preventing or minimizing interruption of a printing process.


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