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Dear Steve,
As you would expect, Hewlett Packard has covered the construction of its ink
jet cartridges ("pens") with numerous patents. You can have a look at the text
of these patents by searching the site
www.patents.ibm.com/ibm.html
using the keywords "Hewlett Packard" AND "ink*". This site is free as long as
you only want to look at the patents.
HP also has a number of lawsuits going against people who tried to sell
cartridges resembling the ones they make.
that's as far as I can help you..
Best regards
Werner Sieber
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