US Patent Issued to CARBON on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for three-dimensional fabrication" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,670, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CARBON INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Method and apparatus for three-dimensional fabrication" was invented by Joseph M. DeSimone (Monte Sereno, Calif.), Alexander Ermoshkin (Pittsboro, N.C.) and Edward T. Samulski (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a three-dimensional object, is carried out by (a) providing a carrier and a build plate, the build plate comprising a semipermeable member, the semipermeable member comprising a build surface with the build surface and the carrier defining a build region therebetween, and with the build surface in fluid communication...