Patents by Inventor Steven Motzkus

Steven Motzkus 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).

  • Print substance gauge authentication
    Patent number: 11312148
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a print substance gauge to indicate a quantity of print particles an imaging device is capable of receiving at a particular time, and an authentication mechanism coupled to a locking mechanism, the authentication mechanism includes instructions to: determine a quantity of print particles within a print particle container, and unlock the locking mechanism when the print substance gauge indicates that the imagining device is capable of receiving the quantity of print particles within the print particle container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Smith, Andrew P. Chick, Pratik Shah, Adam Hornstein, Dustin C. Rosing, Steven Motzkus, Matthew James Storey
  • PRINT SUBSTANCE GAUGE AUTHENTICATION
    Publication number: 20210260884
    Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a print substance gauge to indicate a quantity of print particles an imaging device is capable of receiving at a particular time, and an authentication mechanism coupled to a locking mechanism, the authentication mechanism includes instructions to: determine a quantity of print particles within a print particle container, and unlock the locking mechanism when the print substance gauge indicates that the imagining device is capable of receiving the quantity of print particles within the print particle container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kenneth K. Smith, Andrew P. Chick, Pratik Shah, Adam Hornstein, Dustin C. Rosing, Steven Motzkus, Matthew James Storey