ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,227, issued on June 10, was assigned to XEROX Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"Anti-curl system for a liquid ink printer and method thereof" was invented by Varun Sambhy (Pittsford, N.Y.), Eliud Robles Flores (Rochester, N.Y.), David R. Stookey (Walworth, N.Y.) and Guo-Yau Lin (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-curl system 1 including a printer configured to deposit a liquid ink and an anti-curl composition onto a print substrate, wherein the liquid ink includes a colorant and is configured for deposit on the print substrate to form a print image, and wherein the anti-curl composition does not include a colorant and...