ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,654, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Memjet Technology Ltd. (Dublin).

"Printer having array of overlapping printheads" was invented by Peter Crichton (North Ryde, Australia), Edmund James Grohn (North Ryde, Australia), Julie Hogan (Dublin) and Ronan Palliser (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet printer includes an array of overlapping printheads. Each printhead having includes a first row of butting print chips connected to a first PCB and a parallel second row of butting print chips connected to a second PCB, the first and second rows of butting print chips having 180 degree rotational symmetry. A first printhead in t...