ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,982, issued on May 6, was assigned to Concept Laser GmbH (Lichtenfels, Germany).
"Method for operating at least one apparatus for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects" was invented by Tim Dohler (Grosheirath, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for operating at least one apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a powdered build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (4), whereby waste thermal energy (WTE) is generated during operation of the at least one apparatus (1)...