ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,467, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NIDEK Co. LTD. (Gamagori, Japan).
"Dyeing system" was invented by Ryoji Shibata (Gamagori, Japan), Minoru Inuzuka (Gamagori, Japan), Koji Abe (Gamagori, Japan) and Motoshi Tanaka (Gamagori, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dyeing system includes a conveyance device, a reader, a dye fixing device, and a controller. The conveyance device conveys a conveyance unit including the resin body. The reader reads information relating to the conveyance unit. The dye fixing device heats the resin body in the conveyance unit conveyed by the conveyance device and fixes a dye adhering to a surface of the ...