ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,066, issued on June 30, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).

"Image formation method and inkjet recording apparatus" was invented by Miyuki Hara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image formation method includes: applying a white ink onto an image formation area of a non-absorbent recording medium; performing image formation with a color ink on the image formation area of the non-absorbent recording medium; and drying the white ink and the color ink. The white ink contains a white pigment, a first aqueous medium, and first binder resin particles containing a first resin. The color ink contains ...