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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Sunil Kothari, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wesley R. Schalk, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jun Zeng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Francisco Oblea, Guadalajara, MX;
Gary Dispoto, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/357 (2017.01); B33Y 40/00 (2020.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); B22F 3/00 (2021.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/357 (2017.08); B22F 3/00 (2013.01); B29C 64/153 (2017.08); B33Y 40/00 (2014.12); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
Examples disclosed herein relate to 3D printer fresh and recycled powder supply management. In one implementation, a processor estimates fresh and recycled powder use and recycled powder creation by a 3D printer based on a set of print jobs. The processor may coordinate fresh and recycled powder resources based on the powder estimate and stored information about powder resources.