ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,680, issued on July 28, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Ink jet recording method" was invented by Daisuke Sakuma (Minowa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ink jet recording method including a first ink attachment step of discharging an ink composition containing a self-dispersing pigment by an ink jet method to attach the ink composition to a fabric, a reaction liquid attachment step of discharging a reaction liquid composition containing an aggregating agent that aggregates components of the ink composition by an ink jet method to attach the reaction liquid composition to the fabric, and a second ink attachment st...