ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,978, issued on July 8, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Ink jet textile printing method and recording apparatus" was invented by Akiko Yamada (Shiojiri, Japan) and Hideki Okada (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet textile printing method of textile printing on a fabric includes mounting and supporting the fabric on an endless belt having an adhesive layer, and adhering an ink containing a pigment, resin particles, and water by an ink jet method. The fabric is a fabric composed of hydrophobic fibers, and the fabric is a fabric treated with a cationic polymer."

The patent was filed on Jan. 28, 2022, und...