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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. 19, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Kenneth J. Courian, San Diego, CA (US);
John Wade, Ramona, CA (US);
Xavier Soler, Barcelona, ES;
Carlos Boy, Barcelona, ES;
Tom Dragnes, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Courian, San Diego, CA (US);
John Wade, Ramona, CA (US);
Xavier Soler, Barcelona, ES;
Carlos Boy, Barcelona, ES;
Tom Dragnes, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 27/00 (2006.01); B05B 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that determines the temperature and/or firing resistance of a thermal fluid-ejection nozzle as the fluid-ejection nozzle is fired. The method determines whether the fluid-ejection nozzle ejected fluid upon firing based on the temperature and/or firing resistance of the fluid-ejection nozzle.