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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:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2005
Applicants:
George K. Parish, Winchester, KY (US);
Kristi M. Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
Inventors:
George K. Parish, Winchester, KY (US);
Kristi M. Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A heater chip that includes a circuit element, and a bus that can be used to power the circuit element. The heater chip also includes a feedback circuit that is coupled to the power bus. Particularly, the feedback circuit can be configured to indicate if the bus is powered the circuit element.