ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,332, issued on June 17, was assigned to Arelac Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for 3D printing of reactive vaterite cement" was invented by Ryan J Gilliam (San Jose, Calif.), Craig W Hargis (Campbell, Calif.) and Kasra Farsad (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are compositions, methods, and systems related to 3D printing a reactive vaterite cement composition, comprising feeding a composition comprising reactive vaterite cement through a 3D printing machine; printing a 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product; and curing the 3D printed reactive vaterite cement product by transforming rea...