US Patent Issued to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT on March 24 for "Single-use authentication code of printing device consumable item assembly" (Washington, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,413, issued on March 24, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Single-use authentication code of printing device consumable item assembly" was invented by Kenneth K. Smith (Boise, Idaho) and Seung il Kim (Vancouver, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device consumable item assembly includes a housing containing a consumable item that any compatible printing device uses to print, and a single-use authentication code on the housing. The single-use authentication code authorizes reloading or replacement of any consumable item of a same type as the consumable item within any compatible pri...