ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,337, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Desktop Metal Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Sealed furnace" was invented by Nathan Woodard (Medford, Mass.), Jonah Samuel Myerberg (Lexington, Mass.), Emanuel M Sachs (Burlington, Mass.), Richard Remo Fontana (Cape Elizabeth, Mass.), Robert Edward Weiss (San Francisco, Mass.), Yet-Ming Chiang (Burlington, Mass.), Stephen Dipietro (Amherst, Mass.) and Nicholas Graham Bandiera (Burlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A furnace may include an outer wall defining a chamber, the chamber including an internal cavity configured to receive one or more parts, at least one heater positioned withi...