ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,375, issued on June 17, was assigned to AI BUILD Ltd. (London).

"Collision avoidance in three-dimensional printing" was invented by Daghan Cam (London) and Michail Desyllas (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of three-dimensional printing, the method comprising: printing an initial portion of material from a starting point; pausing printing of the initial portion of material so as to form a first anchor point, such that a first direction is defined from the starting point to the first anchor point, and wherein the anchor point lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the initial portion...