ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,592, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).

"Inkjet ink for tablet and tablet printed matter" was invented by Misa Sanpei (Tokyo), Yuichi Hoshino (Tokyo), Seiya Koseki (Tokyo), Risa Hashimoto (Tokyo), Yasuhisa Miyazawa (Tokyo) and Takumi Tanioka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet ink in which fixedness (transfer durability) of the ink is improved while maintaining excellent printing stability, and a tablet printed matter including a printing portion printed with the inkjet ink. The inkjet ink according to the present embodiment includes an edibl...