ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,187, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Additively manufactured device enclosures" was invented by Eric W. Hamann (Santa Clara, Calif.), Abhijeet Misra (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Anthony D. Prescenzi (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Brian M. Gable (Los Gatos, Calif.), Christopher D. Prest (San Francisco), Hoishun Li (San Jose, Calif.), James A. Yurko (Saratoga, Calif.), Lee E. Hooton (Massapequa, N.Y.), Michael B. Wittenberg (San Francisco), Richard H. Dinh (Saratoga, Calif.) and Jennifer D. Schuler (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component for an electronic device can include a pre-formed...