ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,642, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SAKATA INX Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Primer composition for surface-printed flexible packaging, ink set, surface-printed matter, and inkjet printing method" was invented by Saiei Syu (Osaka, Japan), Kazuki Moriyasu (Osaka, Japan) and Hirohito Maeda (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is an object of the present invention to provide a primer composition for surface-printed flexible packaging, an ink set, a surface-printed matter, and an inkjet printing method, which can impart excellent solid uniformity, bleeding resistance, abrasion resistance, alcohol resistance, and heat resistance t...