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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward Michael Hansburg, Wayne, PA (US);
Assignee:
Oki Data Americas, Inc., Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/195 ; B41J 2/9393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/938 ; B41J 2/195 ; B41J 2/9393 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording information about an ink cartridge installed in a printing mechanism is disclosed. The apparatus includes an indicator internal to the ink cartridge for providing the information about the ink cartridge, a sensor, external to the ink cartridge, for receiving the information from the indicator; and a controller for receiving the information from the sensor and storing the information.