ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,229, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AMBROCIO OY (Turku, Finland).

"Continuous fiber-reinforced build material for additive manufacturing" was invented by Yulia Kulkova (Turku, Finland) and Artem Plyusnin (Turku, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous fiber-reinforced build material for additive manufacturing (AM) of fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) structures, a machine for the preparation of the build material, and use of the build material for manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) FRC end-product devices, such as medical devices for management of musculoskeletal and dental disorders."

The patent was filed on Jul...