US Patent Issued to Arkema France on June 10 for "Fluoropolymer powder adapted for rapid prototyping by laser sintering" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,807, issued on June 10, was assigned to Arkema France (Colombes, France).

"Fluoropolymer powder adapted for rapid prototyping by laser sintering" was invented by Stephane Bizet (Barc, France) and Julien Le Boterff (Lille, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a composition based on a thermoplastic fluoropolymer powder, in particular on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) with improved flowability, particularly suitable for manufacturing parts by 3D laser sintering. The invention also relates to a method for agglomerating powder layer by layer, by melting or sintering using said composition. The invention finally r...