ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,079, issued on July 15, was assigned to XEROX Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Aqueous inkjet ink compositions with phosphoric acid functional resin particles" was invented by Sepehr M. Tehrani (North York, Canada), Syed Mohsin Ali (Milton, Canada), Biby Esther Abraham (Mississauga, Canada), C. Geoffrey Allen (Waterdown, Canada), Carlos Dondon (Mississauga, Canada), Jennifer Kim (Waterloo, Canada) and Mihaela Maria Birau (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aqueous inkjet ink compositions are provided. In embodiments, an aqueous inkjet ink composition comprises water, a colorant, resin particles, and optionally, a wax, wherein th...