ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,191, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Memjet Technology Ltd. (Dublin).

"Printing unit with tandem inkjet modules" was invented by David Oliver Burke (North Ryde, Australia), Mark Profaca (North Ryde, Australia), Robert John Brice (North Ryde, Australia) and Peter Crichton (North Ryde, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing unit includes: a unit chassis and a pair of opposed inkjet modules mounted in tandem on the unit chassis in forward and reverse orientations, each inkjet module having one respective printhead and at least one of: a capper and a wiper. Each printhead includes first and second rows of print chips moun...