ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,830, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Sekisui Kydex LLC (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for an enclosed dye sublimation apparatus" was invented by Jeffrey Humenick (Bloomsburg, Pa.), Jym Kauffman (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Rebecca Gallup (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a sealed chamber and a heating section. More specifically, the sealed chamber is thermally insulated and substantially airtight in order to keep the heat generated by the heating section within the sealed chamber. Compared to the conventional systems that are open-air and require direct heat, th...