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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:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Trevor Daniel Gray, Midway, KY (US);
Bhaskar Ramakrishnan, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Earl Stokesbary, Lexington, KY (US);
Inventors:
Trevor Daniel Gray, Midway, KY (US);
Bhaskar Ramakrishnan, Lexington, KY (US);
Jerry Earl Stokesbary, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ink jet pen that is equipped with a free ink chamber. The ink jet pen has a free ink chamber in fluid communication with a negative pressure producing chamber. The negative pressure producing chamber is in communication with a printhead. The ink jet pen has a power source and a surface detection device. The surface detection device is adapted to move along a surface of the substrate.