ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,408, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Agfa NV (Mortsel, Belgium).
"Pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing" was invented by Bingyu Yang (Mortsel, Belgium), Jens Lenaerts (Mortsel, Belgium) and Hubertus Van Aert (Mortsel, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing, comprising water, a water-soluble multi-valent metallic salt, a wax, a non-ionic dispersant and a resin particle, the resin particle is stabilized by a non-ionic group or non-ionic or amphiphilic compound. A fluid set comprising the pre-treatment composition and an aqueous inkjet ink is suitable for printing liners for corru...