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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:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
May. 21, 2003
Applicants:
William J Allen, Corvallis, OR (US);
George C Ross, Philomath, OR (US);
Inventors:
William J Allen, Corvallis, OR (US);
George C Ross, Philomath, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J029/393 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes at least one cooperative element sensor. A carriage for use in the image forming apparatus has a main body including at least one printer element and at least first and second cooperative elements carried by the main body in spaced relation to one another.