ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,332, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Methods for integrated resource management in a printing system" was invented by Javier A. Morales (Rochester, N.Y.), Michelle De Beus (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Timothy S. Geesman (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for aggregating resources enhance the export or import of printing resources within a printing system. A resource is selected for a paper. The resource can be a paper catalog entry, a calibration, an ICC profile, or a spot color associated with a paper. One or more calibrations associated with the resource are determin...