ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,578, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Xerox Corp. (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Gloss effect" was invented by Edward N. Chapman (Rochester, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for creating a gloss effect, can involve adjusting a color selected with a first RGB color value for a first pattern ink among a group of pattern inks to appear lighter and selecting a common geometric pattern for the group of pattern inks including the first pattern ink and a second pattern ink. A feature can be written with an object with a second RGB color value and a geometric pattern can be written opaquely on top of the selected common geomet...