US Patent Issued to ELKEM SILICONES FRANCE, ELKEM SILICONES USA, ELKEM SILICONI ITALIA on March 25 for "Method for the additive manufacturing of a silicone elastomer article" (French, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,483, issued on March 25, was assigned to ELKEM SILICONES FRANCE SAS (Lyons, France), ELKEM SILICONES USA CORP. (East Brunswick, N.J.) and ELKEM SILICONI ITALIA S.R.L. (Caronno Pertusella, Italy).

"Method for the additive manufacturing of a silicone elastomer article" was invented by Jean-Marc Frances (Meyzieu, France), Marco Del Torto (Milan), Damien Djian (Genas, France), Emmanuel Pouget (Lyons, France), Raphael Mirgalet (Toulouse, France) and Remi Thiria (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for the additive manufacturing of a silicone elastomer article using a 3D printer. The invention ...