US Patent Issued to ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV on June 3 for "Glass container having an inkjet printed image and a method for the manufacturing thereof" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,610, issued on June 3, was assigned to ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV S.A. (Brussels).

"Glass container having an inkjet printed image and a method for the manufacturing thereof" was invented by Jonas Vandecruys (Leuven, Belgium), Marin Steenackers (Leuven, Belgium), Johan Van de Velde (Leuven, Belgium) and Frederik Fernand S. De Graaf (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a glass container having an outer glass surface with an inkjet printed image provided on said surface, characterized in that a CEC with a thickness between 0 to 20 nm is present between the outer glass surface and the inkjet prin...