Patents by Inventor Donald Fred Croley

Donald Fred Croley has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for generating and assigning a cartridge identification number to an imaging cartridge
    Patent number: 7044574
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an imaging cartridge, a first memory associated with the imaging cartridge, and a controller communicatively coupled to the first memory. The controller executes program instructions for performing the steps of generating a generated cartridge identification number to be associated with the imaging cartridge and storing the generated cartridge identification number in the first memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Fred Croley, Mark Walter Fagan, Brian Thomas Jones, Randall David Mayo
  • Method and apparatus for generating and assigning a cartridge identification number to an imaging cartridge
    Publication number: 20040125165
    Abstract: An imaging system includes an imaging cartridge, a first memory associated with the imaging cartridge, and a controller communicatively coupled to the first memory. The controller executes program instructions for performing the steps of generating a generated cartridge identification number to be associated with the imaging cartridge and storing the generated cartridge identification number in the first memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Donald Fred Croley, Mark Walter Fagan, Brian Thomas Jones, Randall David Mayo