Patents by Inventor Shane Theodore Gehring

Shane Theodore Gehring 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).

  • Apparatus and method for suppressing the printing of nearly-blank pages
    Patent number: 6688786
    Abstract: A system includes an operating mode in which the system detects requests to print nearly-blank pages and suppresses their printing. The detection and suppression may occur in a computer or other host device, in a printer, or in an intermediate device. A nearly-blank page may be identified in any of multiple ways. The mode may optionally be switched off so that nearly-blank pages are printed. The mode may optionally apply to only the last page in a print job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Louis Brown, Vincent C. Skurdal, Shane Theodore Gehring
  • Apparatus and method for suppressing the printing of nearly-blank pages
    Publication number: 20030235451
    Abstract: A system includes an operating mode in which the system detects requests to print nearly-blank pages and suppresses their printing. The detection and suppression may occur in a computer or other host device, in a printer, or in an intermediate device. A nearly-blank page may be identified in any of multiple ways. The mode may optionally be switched off so that nearly-blank pages are printed. The mode may optionally apply to only the last page in a print job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Louis Brown, Vincent C. Skurdal, Shane Theodore Gehring