ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,773, issued on March 25, was assigned to Align Technology Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"3D printed object having overcure region" was invented by Mehdi Mojdeh (Fremont, Calif.), Brett E. Kelly (Oakland, Calif.) and Shiva P. Sambu (Milpitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) object comprises a plurality of layers representative of an additive manufacturing process, wherein each layer of the plurality of layers approximately has a first thickness. A first layer of the plurality of layers forms at least a portion of a first surface of the 3D object, the first layer comprising a support region and an overcure re...