ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,580, issued on May 26, was assigned to EUROKERA S.N.C. (Chateau-Thierry, France).
"Mineral ink for inkjet printing on a mineral substrate" was invented by Thibault Guedon (Paris), Emmanuel Lecomte (Nesles la Montagne, France), Charlene Seme (Nogentel, France) and Pablo Vilato (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mineral ink for inkjet printing on a mineral substrate, includes a glass frit, an organic solvent, a dispersant, a surfactant and a glass fit including the following constituents in the weight limits defined below expressed as percentages by weight of the glass frit: 35 to 50% of SiO2, 15 to 25% of Al2O3, 1.5 to 4% of Li2O,...