Patents by Inventor Lee S Mason

Lee S Mason 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).

  • Memory device on a printer consumable programmed with target intervention rate data and methods
    Patent number: 6776470
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates providing apparatus and methods for recommending to a consumer an optimal replacement consumable size, based on a record of the consumer's past utilization rate and on recommended intervention rate information stored in a memory device on the consumable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Charles R. Steinmetz, Lee S Mason
  • Memory device on a printer consumable programmed with target intervention rate data and methods
    Publication number: 20040021722
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates providing apparatus and methods for recommending to a consumer an optimal replacement consumable size, based on a record of the consumer's past utilization rate and on recommended intervention rate information stored in a memory device on the consumable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Charles R. Steinmetz, Lee S. Mason