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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127240 | SOLVENT-BASED INK COMPOSITION WITH KETONE SOLVENT AND SURFACE-MODIFIED PIGMENT A solvent-based ink composition for a thermal inkjet printhead. The composition includes: (a) 10-80 wt. % of a compound of formula (B): wherein: R5 is a C1-6 alkyl group and R6 | |
| 20120105552 | INKJET NOZZLE ASSEMBLY HAVING DISPLACEABLE ROOF DEFINING EJECTION PORT An inkjet nozzle assembly includes: a nozzle chamber having a floor and a roof spaced apart from the floor, the roof having a displaceable portion defining an ejection port; and an actuator for displacing the displaceable portion of the roof towards the floor. Displacem... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105551 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING ACTIVE AND STATIC INK EJECTING MEMBERS DEFINING VARIABLE-VOLUME CHAMBER A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes an ink inlet; a static ink ejecting member bounding the ink inlet; an active ink ejecting member having a roof defining an ink ejection port and sidewalls depending from the roof, the active ink ejecting member and t... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITIZING FREEHAND GRAPHICS AND SELECTING PROPERTIES THEREFOR A method of digitizing a freehand graphic created by an electronic pen having a marking nib. The method includes the steps of: interacting with a surface using the electronic pen; generating digital ink representing interaction of the pen with the surface, the digital i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104089 | ELECTRONIC PEN FOR INTERACTING WITH SUBSTRATE An electronic pen for interacting with a substrate having a pattern of coded data printed thereon. The pen includes an infrared light source for illuminating an area of the substrate; an image sensor for imaging the coded data illuminated in the area; a force sensor for... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083252 | MESSAGING VIA A CODED BUSINESS CARD AND MOBILE TELEPHONE A method of sending a message using a business card with data encoded on a surface, and a mobile phone. The data includes an identifier which uniquely identifies the surface and the mobile telephone senses the coded data to determine the identifier. Using the identifier... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081474 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE TRACK FUSED TO NOZZLE PLATE An inkjet printhead integrated circuit (IC) includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead IC; a no... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081473 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH PRINTABLE ZONE LONGER THAN NOZZLE ROW A printhead integrated circuit (IC) for a stationary pagewidth printhead, includes nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. A length of a printable zone corresponding to the nozzle row is longer than a length of the nozzle row.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081472 | PRINTHEAD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH END NOZZLES FIRING AT MULTIPLE DOT POSITIONS A printhead integrated circuit includes one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis thereof. The printhead IC has first and second ends for butting engagement with other printhead ICs so as to define a pagewidth printhead. Each nozzle has an associated p... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081470 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DROP DIRECTIONALITY FROM INKJET NOZZLE USING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY-ACTUABLE ROOF PADDLES A method of controlling a direction of droplet ejection from an inkjet nozzle having a plurality of moveable paddles, the method includes the steps of: (i) actuating a first thermal bend actuator via respective first drive circuitry such that a respective first paddle b... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081469 | PAGEWIDTH INKJET PRINTHEAD CONFIGURED SUCH THAT PRINTED DOT DENSITY EXCEEDS NOZZLE DENSITY A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each nozzle is configured to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis, such that a ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081467 | INKJET PRINTHEAD HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE TRACK ON NOZZLE PLATE An inkjet printhead includes: a substrate having a drive circuitry layer; a plurality of nozzle assemblies disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and arranged in one or more nozzle rows extending longitudinally along the printhead; a nozzle plate extending across... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081465 | INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH JOIN REGIONS SEAMLESSLY COMPENSATED BY DIRECTIONAL NOZZLES A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. The printhead is comprised of a plurality of printhead modules having first and second opposite ends butted across a width of a page. Each butting p... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081464 | PAGEWIDTH INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH DROP DIRECTIONALITY CONTROL A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead is comprised of a plurality of printhead integrated circuits butted end-on-end across the pagewidth. The printhead includes one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead, each nozzle row comprising a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081463 | INKJET NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH DROP DIRECTIONALITY CONTROL VIA INDEPENDENTLY ACTUABLE ROOF PADDLES An inkjet nozzle assembly having: a nozzle chamber for containing ink, the nozzle chamber including a floor and a roof having a nozzle opening defined therein; and a plurality of moveable paddles defining part of the roof. The plurality of paddles are actuable to cause ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081435 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR DEAD NOZZLES IN STATIONARY PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD A method of compensating for a dead nozzle in a stationary pagewidth printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) identifying the dead nozzle; (ii) selecting a functioning nozzle in a same nozzle row as the dead nozzle; and firing ink droplets from the selected func... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081432 | STATIONARY INKJET PRINTHEAD WITH DEAD NOZZLE COMPENSATION PROVIDED BY NOZZLES IN SAME NOZZLES ROW A stationary pagewidth inkjet printhead has one or more nozzle rows extending along a longitudinal axis of the printhead. Each nozzle is configurable to fire a droplet of ink at a plurality of predetermined different dot positions along the longitudinal axis, and each n... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081429 | METHOD OF PRINTING AT DOT DENSITY EXCEEDING NOZZLE DENSITY IN STATIONARY PAGEWIDTH PRINTHEAD A method of printing at a dot density exceeding a nozzle density in a stationary pagewidth printhead. The method includes the steps of: (i) advancing a print medium transversely past the stationary printhead at a rate of one line per one line-time; and (ii) firing dropl... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081325 | METHOD OF ACCESSING DIGITAL CONTENT USING MOBILE PHONE WITH ORIENTATION DETERMINATION A method for accessing digital content from a computer network. The method includes the steps of: (a) capturing an image of machine-readable coded data printed on a page using a mobile phone having an optical image sensor; (b) determining an orientation of the mobile ph... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069096 | NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT FOR PRINTHEAD A nozzle arrangement for a printhead is provided which has a chamber defined on a substrate configured to hold fluid, an ejection port defined in the chamber, and an actuator for moving the ejection port relative to the substrate to eject the held fluid therethrough.... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069074 | GENERATING HALF TONE PRINT DATA FOR OVERLAPPING CONSECUTIVE PRINTHEAD SEGMENTS A method of generating half tone print data is disclosed. The method starts by determining an extent of overlap caused by temperature variations of overlapping end portions of a pair of consecutive printhead segments. A dither value is also generated from a dither matri... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048185 | APPARATUS FOR FORMING ASYMMETRICAL ENCAPSULANT BEADS ON WIRE BONDS An apparatus for forming an asymmetrical encapsulant bead on a series of wire bonds electrically connecting a micro-electronic device to a series of conductors. The micro-electronic device has a planar active surface with functional elements. The apparatus includes: a t... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044300 | MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT WITH DISPLACEABLE INK EJECTION PORT A micro-electromechanical nozzle arrangement that has a substrate defining an ink inlet channel, an ink chamber having an active roof structure defining an ink ejection port, drive circuitry between the substrate and the ink chamber, a pair of thermal actuators connecte... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044283 | PRINTING CARTRIDGE STORING OPERATION SCRIPT FOR CONTROLLING PRINTHEAD A printing device includes a processor; a printing cartridge having a housing and a supply of media; a memory storing a plurality of scripts containing instructions for controlling an operation of a printhead of the print device; a data lookup table provided in the proc... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044186 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT WITH REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY AND FORM-FILLING OPTION A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and filling in a form. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044185 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT WITH REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY AND VIDEO PLAYBACK OPTION A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and playing associated video. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display scr... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120044184 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY A handheld display device for interacting with printed content. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display ou... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038730 | METHOD OF STORING DATA ON A PHOTOGRAPH A method of storing data on a photograph includes delimiting a plurality of data block regions on the photograph, the plurality of data block regions superposing a region of the photograph delimited for the printing of a photographic image; compressing data representing... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038729 | CAPPING DEVICE FOR HAND-HELD PRINTER A handheld inkjet printer is disclosed. The printer has a housing, a printhead fixedly mounted in the housing, and a capping device mounted external to the housing. The capping device has an arm, a capping leg extending transversely from the arm and an elastomeric pad a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038695 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY OF AN INKJET PRINTHEAD A nozzle assembly for an inkjet printhead is disclosed. The nozzle assembly includes an inkjet nozzle having an actuator for ejecting an ink droplet from the inkjet nozzle, and control logic for outputting a control pulse in response to input data. The nozzle assembly a... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110280646 | PINCH ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTER A pinch roller assembly for a printer having a media width printhead is provided having an elongate support plate securely mounted to a housing of the printer so as to extend along the media width, two elongate pinch housings movably supported on either side the support... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279621 | PRINTER HAVING MEDIA CLEARANCE MECHANISM A printer having a media width printhead; a media path from a media input area to the printhead; a door hingedly mounted to a body of the printer which can be opened to expose the media path a media diverter mounted to the door such that when the door is in a closed pos... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279619 | MEDIA CLEARANCE MECHANISM FOR PRINTER A media clearance mechanism for a printer, the media clearance mechanism having a door hingedly mounted to a body of the printer which can be opened to expose a media width of a media path to a media width printhead of the printer; a media diverter mounted to the door s... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279618 | SYSTEM FOR SHAPING MEDIA AT PRINTHEAD A system for shaping media for printing by a media width printhead is provided having a media width printhead of fluid ejection nozzles defining a media width print zone, input rollers disposed for transporting media into the print zone at an angle to a plane parallel w... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279617 | METHOD OF SHAPING MEDIA AT PRINTHEAD Method of shaping media for printing by a media width printhead, the method having transporting media into a print zone defined by a plurality of fluid ejection nozzles of the printhead with input rollers at an angle to a plane parallel with the print zone; transporting... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279616 | PINCH ROLLER APPARATUS FOR PRINTER A pinch roller apparatus for a printer is provided having a support plate securely mounted to a housing of the printer, a pinch housing movably supported by the support plate, and a series of pinch rollers rotatably held within the pinch housing. The pinch housing has a... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279615 | DRIVE BELT TENSIONING APPARATUS FOR PRINTER A drive belt tensioning apparatus for a printer is provided having a tensioning member pivotally mounted to the printer housing so as to contact and thereby tension a drive belt about a drive shaft of a motor and a roller so as to impart rotational driving force of the ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279614 | SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING MEDIA IN PRINTER A system for transporting media in a printer is provided having a media roller rotatably mounted to the printer housing, a motor, a drive belt looped about the motor drive shaft and the roller so as to impart the motor rotational driving force to the roller, a tensionin... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279610 | Fluid Container with Air Lock Prevention A fluid container having a body for containing fluid, a fluid outlet on a first wall of the body at which the contained fluid exits the body and a filter arranged within the body substantially parallel to, and spaced from, a second wall of the body wherein the second wa... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279609 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HAVING FILTERED INK CONTAINER A system for distributing filtered ink to an inkjet printhead, the system having an ink container having a body for containing the ink, am ink outlet on a first wall of the body at which the contained ink exits the body, and a filter arranged within the body adjoining t... | 11/17/2011 |
