ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,320, issued on Nov. 4.

"Creating defined electrospun fiber geometries" was invented by Russell Kirk Pirlo (Oakwood, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is built by depositing a mat on a build surface and utilizing a manufacturing process to position a structure over at least a portion of the mat to define an object. The object is removed from the build surface such that a first portion of the mat removed with the object is bonded to the structure, and a second portion of the mat removed with the object is unsupported by the structure. Alternatively, an object can be built by printing a conductive material over a surface to d...