ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,855, issued on March 25, was assigned to Sihl GmbH (Duren, Germany).
"Inkjet printed film for decorative applications" was invented by Arthur Reiners (Erkelenz, Germany), Axel Niemoller (Duren, Germany), Klaus Gotzen (Bonn, Germany), Stefan Bruch (Simmerath, Germany) and Steffen Ohr (Sursee, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printed flexible film for decor applications is provided. In particular the present invention relates to an inkjet printed flexible film comprising a polymer film and an ink-receptive layer comprising polymerizable and/or crosslinkable compounds or a polymer crosslinked via (meth)acrylate moie...