ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,611, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to 3DFortify Inc. (Boston).

"Manifold and related methods for use with a reservoir for additive manufacturing" was invented by Andrew J. Caunter (Somerville, Mass.), Scott Goodrich (Malden, Mass.), Adam Afzali (Dorchester, Mass.), Noah Collins (Cambridge, Mass.) and Michael Santorella (Walpole, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed embodiments generally relate to reservoir manifold systems suitable for use with an additive manufacturing apparatus. Such manifold systems enable ease of use for making mechanical, electrical, and fluid connections to a reservoir used for additive ...