US Patent Issued to Markem-Imaje on Oct. 14 for "Method and system for increasing rub resistance" (New Hampshire, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,124, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Markem-Imaje Corp. (Keene, N.H.).

"Method and system for increasing rub resistance" was invented by Ann Elizabeth Glennon Benjamin (Epping, N.H.), Matthew Gilliam (Hillsborough, N.H.), Maxime Pelletier (Rindge, N.H.), Stewart Wayne Wilson (Clearwater, Fla.) and Keith Russell Sanctuary (Alstead, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for a system including: a printer configured and arranged to form a symbol on a surface of a material using hot melt ink; a laser processing subsystem including a laser and an optical ...