Patent ID: 7971947

Claim:
An inkjet remanufacturing chip verifier for new inkjet chips attached to remanufactured inkjet cartridges comprising: processing circuitry for verifying during the process of remanufacturing the inkjet cartridges: if the new inkjet chips attached to the remanufactured ink jet cartridges are new inkjet chips, if the new inkjet chips attached to the remanufactured inkjet cartridges were manufactured by a predetermined manufacturer of new inkjet chips, if the new inkjet chips attached to the remanufactured ink jet cartridges are functional, and if the new ink jet chips attached to the remanufacture ink jet cartridges are a predetermined type of new ink jet chip; said processing circuitry for rejecting during the process of remanufacturing the ink jet cartridges: ink jet chips attached to remanufactured ink jet cartridges which have been previously used, ink jet chips attached to remanufactured ink jet cartridges which produced by manufacturers other than the predetermined manufacturer of inkjet chips, ink jet chips attached to remanufactured inkjet cartridges which are not functional, inkjet chips attached to remanufactured inkjet cartridges which are not a predetermined type of new inkjet chips; and a user interface for communicating the verification or rejection of the new ink jet chips from the processing circuitry during the process of remanufacturing; wherein the chip verifier is separate from an inkjet printing device.