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Canon Inc
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2
Year range
1988 – 2022
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19881
20221
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2 patents, 1988–2022
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US 4723129·1988
How Canon's Bubble Jet Printers Make Ink Droplets
Canon's 1988 patent on bubble jet printing uses a tiny heater to instantly vaporize ink, creating a bubble that pushes out a droplet of ink from the printer head.
US RE48925·2022
How Printers Manage Power States and Sleep Timers
A method for printers to intelligently decide whether to reset their sleep timer based on the type of network activity they encounter.
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