LEXMARK’S new Kentucky patents
The U.S. Patent Office issues patents weekly. These patents were issued Tuesday for inventors in the Lexington area:Ink jet printer that prints using chromatic inks of multiple types. Inventors: James Powers, Jack Morris, Meagan Winkler and Agnes Zimmer, all of Lexington. Patent 7,147,301 assigned to Lexmark International Inc., Lexington.Single piece filtration for an ink jet print head. Inventors: James Anderson Jr., Harrodsburg; James Kerr, Steven Komplin, Timothy Howard and David Greer, all of Lexington; Ann Marie Trebolo and John Fowler, both of Nicholasville; and Matthew Russell, Stamping Ground. Patent 7,147,314 assigned to LexmarkModified soy products and methods for reducing odor and improving flavor of soy products. Inventor: William Boatright, Lexington. Patent 7,147,878 assigned to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington.Method of determining a relative speed between independently driven members in an image forming apparatus. Inventors: John Kietzman and Gregory Ream, both of Lexington. Patent 7,149,449 assigned to Lexmark.Waste toner system for an image forming device. Inventors: Tom Stickler, Larry Foster and Benjamin Askren, all of Lexington; and Michael Leemhuis, Nicholasville. Patent 7,149,467 assigned to Lexmark.Data management system and method for peripheral devices. Inventors: Joseph Beaven, Joshua Ellingsworth and William Steen, all of Lexington. Patent 7,149,979 assigned to Lexmark.