IP Library Granted Patent US 5,517,217
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US 5,517,217 · App. 07/968,705

Apparatus for enhancing ink-flow reliability in a thermal-inkjet pen; method for priming and using such a pen

Inventors: Robert D. Haselby, Irene H. Williams, Gerold Firl
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Granted: May 14, 1996 Filed: Oct 30, 1992
Inventors
Robert D. Haselby
Irene H. Williams
Gerold Firl
Assignee (at issue)
Hewlett-Packard Company, L.P.

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Patent No.
US 5,517,217
App. No.
07/968,705
Filed
1992-10-30
Granted
1996-05-14
Kind
A