US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations on Feb. 10 for "Additive manufacturing systems with a contaminant removal system and methodologies for removing contaminants during additive manufacturing processes" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,835, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC (Houston).

"Additive manufacturing systems with a contaminant removal system and methodologies for removing contaminants during additive manufacturing processes" was invented by Thomas Dobrowolski (The Woodlands, Texas), Andrew Platt (Houston) and Monte Lively (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive manufacturing system includes an additive manufacturing apparatus and control circuitry. The apparatus includes a build chamber, a platform, a material delivery system, a laser system, and a contaminant remover. The platform is positioned in the build...