ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,478, issued on June 16.
"Method and system for controlling morphology and properties of printed reactive inks" was invented by Owen James Hildreth (Lakewood, Colo.) and Steven John DiGregorio (Lakewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for controlling a morphology of a printed reactive ink are provided. A substrate may be heated and a volume including at least a portion of the substrate may be saturated with at least one of an active ingredient or an inactive ingredient to a humidity level. Such heating and saturation of the volume forms a controlled printing environment. The reactive ink may then be printed o...