ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,461, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Desktop Metal Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Interface material formulations for additive fabrication" was invented by Alexander C. Barbati (Melrose, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved formulations of an interface material are described. These formulations may, in at least some cases, match and/or accommodate dimensional changes in the part and/or support structure throughout thermal processing (e.g., debind and sintering, or sintering only). Furthermore, these formulations may also maintain the property of resisting bonding between the interface and the part and/or support structure whi...