ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,627, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ADDUP (Cebazat, France).

"Particle separation device for additive manufacture and additive manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Sebastien Devroe (Cebazat, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for separating particles contained in a gas stream for selective additive manufacturing and a selective additive manufacturing apparatus are disclosed. The device comprises at least one dry-type aeraulic separator comprising a separating turbine, a speed of rotation of which is variable. The dry-type aeraulic separator selects the particles contained in the gas stream according to a particle ...