ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,012, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Tajima (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroshi Kakikawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Masashi Yamamoto (Tokyo) and Atsuhito Yoshizawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ink jet recording method that enables recording of an image with a wide expressible color gamut and high fluorescence intensity. The ink jet recording method comprises a step of recording an image by applying first and second inks to a recording medium by using an ink jet recording apparatus, including a recording head having ejecti...