ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,949, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Videojet Technologies Inc. (Wood Dale, Ill.).
"High adhesion continuous ink jet inks" was invented by Zheng Xue (Burr Ridge, Ill.), Stormi Tindall (Joliet, Ill.), Michael Kozee (Wheaton, Ill.) and Linfang Zhu (Woodridge, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a high adhesion ink with good abrasion resistance, useful for inkjet printing. These inks include a first resin comprising a polymer comprising vinyl chloride or a polymer comprising vinyl acetate, the first resin having a weight average molecular weight between about 20 kDa and about 80 kDa, a second resin comprising...