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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:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert B. Taylor, III, Washougal, WA (US);
Kevin Bier, Brush Prairie, WA (US);
Robert C. Borcic, Escondido, CA (US);
Jan E. Idomir, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/730 ;
Abstract
A system and method for use in a computer system is provided to read and write graphical images by an application program by using a format independent interface with an image format specific modules to process application commands to read or write graphical images, allowing the application to read and write graphical image data in various file formats.