ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,437, issued on June 17, was assigned to SEKISUI KYDEX LLC (Bloomsburg, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for dye sublimation with double-sided image infusion" 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 pair of printed sheets placed on either side of a substrate that allows for image infusion on both sides of the substrate. A second heat source, such as a heated plate, is included in order to heat the second printed sheet. Compared to the conventional systems in which a single heat...