US Patent Issued to Cryovac on Sept. 15 for "Printing compositions and methods therefor" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,588, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Cryovac LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Printing compositions and methods therefor" was invented by Kevin J. Hook (Grand Island, N.Y.), Stanley Litman (Amherst, N.Y.), Lawrence A. Pilon (Hamburg, N.Y.) and Morgan Ashley Edwards (Sanborn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet printing composition comprises from 1.00% to 6.00% by weight of at least one pigment, from 5.00% to 11.00% by weight of at least one polymer, from 14.50% to 17.50% by weight of at least one co-solvent, from 4.50% to 5.50% by weight of at least one humectant, from 1.00% to 2.75% by weight of at least one surfactant, and w...