ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,352, issued on April 15, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).

"Pen servicing determination" was invented by Maurizio Bordone (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Eduardo Amela Conesa (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Mauricio Seras Franzoso (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples include a method for operating a printing device comprising a specific pen. The method comprises receiving future specific pen firing data related to a plurality of upcoming successive print jobs and collecting historical specific pen firing data. The method further comprises determining a level and...