ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,259, issued on April 15, was assigned to SUMIPRINT QUIMICA Y COLOR S.A.S. (Envigado, Colombia).

"Transfer paper and stamping method combining screen printing and digital printing" was invented by Julio Alberto Alvarez Perez (Envigado, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a coated transfer paper for receiving digital printing inks, maintaining high tonal fidelity, the paper being treated to transfer the image when it contacts a receiving base, preventing transfer to surfaces that do not have the receiving base. In addition, the invention relates to a printing method that combines the techniques of scr...