Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Process cartridge for use in image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 用于图像形成装置和图像形成装置的处理盒
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Application No.: US12015091Application Date: 2008-01-16
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Publication No.: US07995933B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Masao Kondo , Koji Ohara , Takeshi Nomura , Shinichi Yabuki
- Applicant: Masao Kondo , Koji Ohara , Takeshi Nomura , Shinichi Yabuki
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2007-057378 20070307
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus employing a process cartridge for image forming apparatus which is equipped with a chip including a rewritable non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory at least includes a read-only region and an arbitrarily rewritable region, a control program for writing data to the read-only region is installed in the arbitrarily rewritable region, and the use of the control program is limited after the completion of the writing of data to the read-only region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080219692A1 PROCESS CARTRIDGE FOR USE IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-09-11
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