ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,157, issued on April 14, was assigned to Cryovac LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Printing compositions and methods therefor" was invented by Stanley Litman (Amherst, N.Y.), Tom Huang (East Amherst, N.Y.), Morgan Ashley Edwards (East Amherst, N.Y.), Lawrence Albe Pilon (Hamburg, N.Y.) and Kevin John Hook (Grand Island, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a printing composition of the present application comprises from about 10.00% to about 14.00% by weight of a pigment, from about 3.00% to about 7.00% by weight of a polymer, from about 15.00% to about 19.00% by weight of a co-solvent, from about 0.20% to about 0.40% ...