US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on March 17 for "Treatment method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,663, issued on March 17, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Treatment method" was invented by Kosuke Chidate (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first treatment agent adhesion step of ejecting a first treatment agent which contains a pigment, first resin particles, water, and a first water-soluble organic solvent from an ink jet head so as to be adhered to a cloth; and a second treatment agent adhesion step of spraying a second treatment agent which contains second resin particles, water, and a second water-soluble organic solven...