US Patent Issued to Kateeva on July 21 for "Inkjet print planning method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,698, issued on July 21, was assigned to Kateeva Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Inkjet print planning method" was invented by Christopher R. Hauf (Belmont, Calif.), Alexander Sou-Kang Ko (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Anson Vandoren (Newark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of controlling an inkjet printer are disclosed. The methods include defining shape information using a design graphics system. The shape information includes fill colors for shapes, and may include colors for edges. The colors are interpreted as one or more attributes, such as film thickness or material, for a film to be formed on a substrate."

The patent was fil...