ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,979, issued on May 20, was assigned to ADDITIVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Palm City, Fla.).

"Ejector for modification of metal jetting compositions and methods thereof" was invented by Mariusz Tadeusz Mika (Raleigh, N.C.) and Peter M. Gulvin (Webster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ejector for jetting modified metal is disclosed. The ejector for jetting modified metal also includes a nozzle orifice in connection with the inner cavity and configured to eject one or more droplets of liquid metal. The ejector for jetting modified metal includes a first gas source associated with the inner cavity and an external portion of the nozzle. Th...