ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,221, issued on March 4, was assigned to XEROX Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).

"System and method to reduce the visibility of gloss differentials on printed sheets" was invented by Dara Nanette Lubin (Pittsford, N.Y.), Matthew James Ochs (Webster, N.Y.), Elizabeth Lee Barrese (Penfield, N.Y.), Elizabeth Crossen (Churchville, N.Y.) and Ron Edward Dufort (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Printing system and method for reducing the visibility of gloss differentials having at least one computer-supported inline imaging unit assembly designed to measure specular light reflecting gloss differentials of printed ink. At least one smooth...