ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,987, issued on July 14, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Active ray curable inkjet ink" was invented by Yohei Ohno (Hino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active ray curable inkjet ink includes an active ray polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, a polymer compound, and a gelling agent. The polymer compound has a tolylene diisocyanate structure."

The patent was filed on June 14, 2024, under Application No. 18/744,491.

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