ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,327, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Aqueous adhesive composition" was invented by Soichi Yamazaki (Shiojiri, Japan), Nikako Tsukiji (Matsumoto, Japan) and Harunobu Komatsu (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aqueous adhesive composition to form an adhesive layer on a surface of a cloth transport member of an ink jet printing apparatus is provided. The aqueous adhesive composition includes an acrylic-based resin, an urethane-based resin, a surfactant, and water, and a content A of the acrylic-based resin is higher than a content U of the urethane-based resin."
The patent was filed on Ma...