ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,914, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to JUNO DTS LLC (Cincinnati).
"System and method for printing on a treated surface" was invented by Nicholas Fields (Hamilton, Ohio), Mike Luttrell (Dayton, Ohio), Dirk Lavoy (Kettering, Ohio), Robert Wilson (Boone, N.C.) and Nicholas Diblasi (Montgomery, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for safely differentiating a three dimensional object subsequent to its creation and varnish protection by means of applying and sealing a decoration and/or data between the original and a final varnish layers. The three dimensional object may be decorated and/or contain data from its original manufact...