US Patent Issued to Zhuhai Pantum Electronics on July 15 for "Image-forming apparatus and control method thereof, and process cartridge chip for shortening first page output time" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,476, issued on July 15, was assigned to Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co. Ltd. (Zhuhai, China).

"Image-forming apparatus and control method thereof, and process cartridge chip for shortening first page output time" was invented by Hao Zhang (Zhuhai, China) and Baolong Wu (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a control method of an image-forming apparatus, a control apparatus, and a process cartridge. The image-forming apparatus includes a data control unit and an engine control unit. The method includes after the engine control unit completes startup and before the data control unit completes start...