ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,031, issued on May 27, was assigned to DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Los Angeles).

"Incorporating complex geometric features in additively manufactured parts" was invented by Samuel Noah Miller (Los Angeles) and Matthew Cooper Keller (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for modeling a part with a complex geometric feature (CGF) for use with a three-dimension (3-D) printer are disclosed. In one aspect of the disclosure, a method of modeling a part for 3-D printing includes determining a first volume of the part. The first volume may be modeled using a 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) model. A second volume of the part ...