ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,174, issued on July 22, was assigned to Eastman Kodak Co. (Rochester, N.Y.).
"Ink tray insert" was invented by Jason D. Steadman (Rochester, N.Y.), Michael G. Shaughnessy (Hemlock, N.Y.) and Carolyn Rae Ellinger (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink tray insert is adapted to be inserted into a conventional ink tray in a printing system. The ink tray insert includes a bottom surface having an outer profile that substantially conforms to an inner profile of a bottom surface of the conventional ink tray, and left and right side walls that extend upwards from left and right edges of the bottom surface, respectively. Bear...