ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,202, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh).
"Additive manufacturing support material" was invented by Andrew Hudson (Pittsburgh), Thomas Hinton (Pittsburgh), Adam Feinberg (Pittsburgh) and Andrew Lee (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes a process of producing gel microparticles, which are consistent in size and morphology. Through the process of coacervation, large volumes of gel microparticle slurry can be produced by scaling up reactor vessel size. Particles can be repeatedly dehydrated and rehydrated in accordance to their environment, allowing for the storage of par...