Kentucky patents
The
U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued
Tuesday for inventors or assignees in the Lexington area:
Cash-dispensing
automated banking machine user interface system and method for use.
Inventors: James Block, North Lawrence, Ohio; Paul Magee, North Canton,
Ohio; Harold Putman, Lexington; and H. Thomas Graef, Bolivar, Ohio.
Patent 7,258,269 assigned to Diebold Self-Service Systems division of
Diebold Inc., North Canton, Ohio.
Eliminating drag of media sensor
in printer media transport. Inventors: Kevin Johnson, Georgetown;
Michael Lawrence, Lexington; and Bryan Scharf, Richmond. Patent
7,258,335 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.
Method
of informing a user of end of life of a consumable for an inkjet
printer. Inventors: Frank Anderson, Sadieville; George Parish,
Winchester; and Timothy Strunk and John Zbrozek, both of Lexington.
Patent 7,258,411 assigned to Lexmark.
Inkjet printheads having
multiple label placement positions for air diffusion vents. Inventors:
Brian Smith, Fort Collins, Colo., and David Greer and Sara Coneway,
both of Lexington. Patent 7,258,434 assigned to Lexmark.
Electrical
connectors for toner cartridges in an image forming device. Inventors:
Jedediah Dawson, Akash Chaudhuri and Darin Gettelfinger, all of
Lexington. Patent 7,258,558 assigned to Lexmark.
Mutants and assay
system to identify USP/RXR ligands. Inventors: Grace Jones and Davy
Jones, both of Lexington. Patent 7,259,254 assigned to the University
of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington.Tri-state detection circuit
for use in devices associated with an imaging system. Inventor: Adam
Ahne, Lexington. Patent 7,259,588 assigned to Lexmark.Fuser unit
operation for gloss consistency. Inventors: Daniel Carter, Georgetown,
and John Kietzman and Calvin Murphy, both of Lexington. Patent
7,260,339 assigned to Lexmark.