ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,467, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah).

"Spatial control of material properties in additive manufacturing" was invented by Nathan Brad Crane (Springville, Utah) and Tracy Wendell Nelson (Springville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a general aspect, a method for additive manufacturing can include depositing a liquid on a first portion of an article, the liquid containing a dopant, the article including a feedstock material. The method can also include heating, at a first temperature, the article to, at least one of, evaporate or decompose the liquid. The heating at the first temperature ca...