ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,042, issued on May 27, was assigned to PRINKER KOREA INC. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Ink composition for hair dyeing, film for hair dyeing, film cartridge for hair dyeing, and printer for hair dyeing" was invented by Kyu Suk Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong In Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Tae Sik Yun (Seoul, South Korea), Mi Kyoung Han (Anyang-si, South Korea), Dong Hoon Song (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Yong Min Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a film for hair dyeing comprising: a base film; and an ink layer for hair dyeing on the base film, wh...