ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,056, issued on July 1, was assigned to UI Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Method and system for converting a toner cartridge printer" was invented by Michael Raymond Josiah (North Patchogue, N.Y.) and Joseph Dovi (Lake Grove, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of converting a CMYK Standard Color Printer to a CMYW Converted White Printer, comprising the steps: providing a CMYK Standard Color Printer; wherein a CMYK Standard Color Printer comprises: a black toner cartridge; wherein the black toner cartridge is installed in toner cartridge slot one; removing the black toner cartridge from the CMYK Standard Color Printer, such t...