US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on July 29 for "Burners and additive manufacturing methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,232, issued on July 29, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Burners and additive manufacturing methods" was invented by Aniruddha A. Upadhye (St. Paul, Minn.), Mark A. Strobel (Maplewood, Minn.), Elizaveta Y. Plotnikov (Woodbury, Minn.) and Luke E. Heinzen (Shoreview, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Burners and methods of making burner bodies via a focused beam are disclosed. In an aspect, a burner includes (a) a burner body and (b) at least one connector configured to supply at least a fuel and an oxidizer to the burner body. The burner body includes (1) a plurality of passageways; (2) a first major...