The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 18, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Robert Richards, Boise, ID (US);
Scott K. Hymas, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0863 (2013.01); B41J 2/17546 (2013.01); G03G 21/1657 (2013.01); G03G 21/1892 (2013.01); G03G 21/1896 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0695 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cartridge including an interconnect circuit to communicate with a host device, a carrier storing an authenticity verification code readable by a scan device other than the host device, and an auto-destruct feature to render the authenticity verification code unreadable when installing the cartridge in the host device.