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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:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2006
Applicants:
Douglas Anthony Able, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Kermit Arnold Meece, Lexington, KY (US);
Jared Kuo-hui Lin, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Anthony Able, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Kermit Arnold Meece, Lexington, KY (US);
Jared Kuo-Hui Lin, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The presence of a photoconductor drum in a laser printer may be determined by making electrical measurements without directly sensing drum presence. In some embodiments, this may be done without using any added printer components.