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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:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Bruce D. Gibson, Lexington, KY (US);
Bruce H. Ostermeier, Georgetown, KY (US);
Kent L. Ubellacker, Georgetown, KY (US);
Inventors:
Bruce D. Gibson, Lexington, KY (US);
Bruce H. Ostermeier, Georgetown, KY (US);
Kent L. Ubellacker, Georgetown, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/14 (2006.01); B41J 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printhead for an inkjet printer includes an ink reservoir and a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink from the ink reservoir onto print media, the nozzles being formed in the ink jet printer printhead in a predetermined fashion with bores purposefully shaped and directed to determine the formation and placement of main drops and/or satellite droplets when ink is ejected from the ink reservoir when the printhead is part of an inkjet printer.