ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,621, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to DYEMANSION GMBH (Planegg, Germany).

"Method for treating the surface of moulded parts" was invented by Niels Lichtenberger (Marberg, Germany), Lukas Erdt (Munich), Alena Folger (Kottgeisering, Germany), Philipp Kramer (Munich) and Fabian Herz (Berg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for treating a surface of a molded part produced according to a 3D printing method using a plastics material. A solvent is selected from the group consisting of halogen-free and non-polar hydrocarbons and derivatives thereof and/or a solvent selected from the group consisting of bio-based solvents and...