US Patent Issued to Canon Production Printing Holding on July 1 for "Device, ink printing system, and method for determining an empty ink state of an ink container" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,003, issued on July 1, was assigned to Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. (Venlo, Netherlands).

"Device, ink printing system, and method for determining an empty ink state of an ink container" was invented by Christoph Rummelsberger (Ismaning, Germany), Florian Hitzlsperger (Poing, Germany) and Ulrich Stockle (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a device for determining an empty ink state of an ink container for an ink printing system. The ink container has a rigid outer container and an inner, flexible fluid pouch. The inner fluid pouch is connected via a fluid conduit to a pump that is configured to convey fluid ou...