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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:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Kevin Owen, Meridian, ID (US);
Jeetendra Kumar, Boise, ID (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Owen, Meridian, ID (US);
Jeetendra Kumar, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G03G 5/00 (2006.01); G03G 7/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A replaceable component is installable in and removable from a printing device and contains one or more supplies used in printing by the printing device. A memory and a port are in the replaceable component. Data that characterizes usage of the one or more supplies in printing by the printing device is stored in the memory. The data can be transferred through a cable from the port to a host computer using a data transfer protocol of the port.