ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,045, issued on March 3, was assigned to BRADY WORLDWIDE INC. (Milwaukee).

"Hydrophilic foam having improved fluid retention" was invented by Sean T. Weaver (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid ejection cartridge having a cartridge body with a cavity therein and an ejection head attached to an external surface of the cartridge body opposite the cavity. A cylindrical or a rectangular-prism shaped body made of a hydrophilic open-cell foam material is disposed in the cavity of the cartridge body. The cylindrical or rectangular-prism shaped body has at least one uncoated hydrophilic surface and two or more surfaces coate...