ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,986, issued on July 14, was assigned to KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inkjet ink and inkjet recording device" was invented by Noriaki Ozawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet ink includes a quinacridone pigment, a pigment dispersion resin, and a water-soluble organic solvent. The pigment dispersion resin includes an adsorbed resin adsorbed on the quinacridone pigment and an unadsorbed resin that is not adsorbed on the quinacridone pigment. A ratio of the unadsorbed resin to the pigment dispersion resin is 40 mass % or less. The water-soluble organic solvent includes a predetermined water-soluble...