ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,631, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Ink-jet treatment liquid, ink-jet textile printing apparatus, and ink-jet textile printing method" was invented by Jumpei Hobo (Yamatokoriyama, Japan), Jun Hioki (Muko, Japan), Hiroko Sugimoto (Muko, Japan) and Go Toriyama (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the present disclosure relates to an ink-jet treatment liquid containing: emulsified particles containing silicone oil; a surfactant; and an aqueous medium, wherein a content of the silicone oil is equal to or greater than 5 mass % and equal to or less than 15 mass % with respect to the e...