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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:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2001
Winthrop D. Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael L. Bullock, San Diego, CA (US);
Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr., Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeffrey L. Thielman, Corvallis, OR (US);
Winthrop D. Childers, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael L. Bullock, San Diego, CA (US);
Norman E. Pawlowski, Jr., Corvallis, OR (US);
Jeffrey L. Thielman, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Alternative methods for refurbishing a single-use ink delivery container for a printing system are described. The refurbishing methods include electrical and mechanical reconfiguration or replacement of original elements on the ink delivery container. Each method utilizes an existing ink fluid outlet, electrical connector and an information storage device on the ink delivery container.