ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,051, issued on July 15, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for integrating a sensor in a part made by additive manufacturing" was invented by Quentin Pouille (Antony, France), Ayoub Ladaci (Paris), Fernando Lomello (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Guy Cheymol (Bures sur Yvettes, France) and Hicham Maskrot El Idrissi (Antony, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for integrating a sensor into a metal part including creating, by additive printing, of a first portion of the part, including a volume for housing a sensor. The volume has a width greater than that of the sensor....