ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,804, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Sun Chemical Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.).
"Removable printing inks for recyclable plastics" was invented by Jarol Osorio (Charlotte, N.C.), Tabitha Yelverton (Charlotte, N.C.) and Everett Garrish (Charlotte, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are ink compositions that will not contaminate recycled plastic materials that come in contact with the inks; labels printed with such inks; and plastic articles having labels printed with such inks; and methods for printing with such inks, and recycled plastic material, such as recycled PET, that has little to no contamination from such ink...