Patents by Inventor Ronald R. Paulsen

Ronald R. Paulsen 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 checking compatibility of a replaceable printing component
    Patent number: 6722753
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ink jet printing system configured for receiving replaceable printing component. The ink jet printing system includes a replaceable printing component having an electrical storage device associated therewith. The electrical storage device has a data field therein specifying data organization within the electrical storage device. Also included is a printer portion configured to receive the replaceable printing component. The printer portion is adapted to read the data field within the electrical storage device and selectively access data within the electrical storage device based on the specified data organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian L. Helterline, Winthrop D. Childers, Michael L. Bullock, Ronald R. Paulsen
  • Method and apparatus for checking compatibility of a replaceable printing component
    Publication number: 20030035017
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ink jet printing system configured for receiving replaceable printing component. The ink jet printing system includes a replaceable printing component having an electrical storage device associated therewith. The electrical storage device has a data field therein specifying data organization within the electrical storage device. Also included is a printer portion configured to receive the replaceable printing component. The printer portion is adapted to read the data field within the electrical storage device and selectively access data within the electrical storage device based on the specified data organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Brian L. Helterline, Winthrop D. Childers, Michael L. Bullock, Ronald R. Paulsen
  • Method and apparatus for checking compatibility of a replaceable printing component
    Patent number: 6488352
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ink jet printing system configured for receiving replaceable printing components. The ink jet printing system includes a replaceable printing component having an electrical storage device associated therewith. The electrical storage device has a data field therein specifying data organization within the electrical storage device. Also included is a printer portion configured to receive the replaceable printing component. The printer portion is adapted to read the data field within the electrical storage device and selectively access data within the electrical storage device based on the specified data organization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Brian L. Helterline, Winthrop D. Childers, Michael L. Bullock, Ronald R. Paulsen
  • Method and apparatus for transferring data between a printer and a replaceable printing component
    Patent number: 6267463
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component. The replaceable printing component includes an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system. The electrical storage device includes a storage portion containing a plurality of data fields associated with the replaceable printing component. Included in the electrical storage device is a plurality data values stored in each of the plurality of data fields. Also included is a control portion responsive to control signals for selectively transferring a block of data values having a preselected size between the ink-jet printer and the storage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Ronald R. Paulsen, Thomas B. Pritchard, David J. Lowe, Eric P. Ross
  • Method and apparatus for identifying parameters in a replaceable printing component
    Patent number: 6264301
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to replaceable printing component for an ink-jet printing system having at least one replaceable printing component. The replaceable printing component includes an electrical storage device responsive to printing system control signals for transferring information between the printing component and the ink-jet printing system. The electrical storage device includes a tag family identifier for selecting a family of tags from a plurality of families of tags. Also included is a plurality of tags associated with replaceable consumable parameters. Each of the plurality of tags have a tag value associated therewith. Wherein the ink-jet printing system reads the tag family identifier from the electrical storage device to select the family of tags. Each tag of the plurality of tags read by the ink-jet printer is identified based on the selected family of tags and is used to identify the associated replaceable consumable parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Brian L. Helterline, Ronald R. Paulsen, Joseph H. Bauman