US Patent Issued to Sun Chemical on Feb. 17 for "Fluorescent ink and imaging system for defect detection on printed photosensitive objects" (New Jersey, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,830, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sun Chemical Corp. (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Fluorescent ink and imaging system for defect detection on printed photosensitive objects" was invented by Carl Weisbecker (Carlstadt, N.J.), Mohammad S. Farahat (Carlstadt, N.J.), Erika Rebrosova (St. Charles, Ill.) and Srikanth Yanamanagandla (Carlstadt, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a method for optical detection of defects on a photosensitive object by fluorescence imaging in the infrared and near-infrared wavelengths of light. The method of fluorescence imaging enables fast and efficient defect detection on the...