ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,051, issued on May 20, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Image forming method" was invented by Keishi Suzuki (Hino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming method includes: preparing a fabric to which an aggregating agent is attached; applying an aqueous ink containing a pigment, a first resin, and water onto the fabric to which the aggregating agent is attached; and applying a coating liquid containing a second resin and water onto the applied aqueous ink, wherein the second resin is aggregated by the aggregating agent, a content of the second resin in the coating liquid is smaller than a content of the fir...