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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:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);

Inventors:

Mathew Lavigne, Boise, ID (US);

Jeffrey Luke, Boise, ID (US);

Sean Daniel Fitzgerald, Boise, ID (US);

Dean Richtsmeier, Boise, ID (US);

Kenneth Smith, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1235 (2013.01); B41J 2/17509 (2013.01); G03G 15/0865 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example device capable of predicting print substance end-of-life (EOL) comprises a container to hold a print substance, the container comprising a refill port through which print substance is to be introduced into the container. The example device also comprises a processor to receive signals indicative of an amount of print substance introduced via the refill port. The processor is also to predict a print substance end-of-life (EOL) based on the amount of print substance introduced.


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