US Patent Issued to ELKEM SILICONES France, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees LYON, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre national de la recherche scientifique on Dec. 16 for "Method for manufacturing a silicone elastomer article using a 3D printer" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,509, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ELKEM SILICONES France SAS (Lyons, France), Institut National des Sciences Appliquees LYON (Villeurbanne, France), Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (Villeurbanne, France) and Centre national de la recherche scientifique (Paris).

"Method for manufacturing a silicone elastomer article using a 3D printer" was invented by Jean Marc Frances (Meyzieu, France), Arthur Colly (Villeurbanne, France), Christophe Marquette (Villeurbanne, France) and Edwin-Joffrey Courtial (Villeurbanne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a silicone elastomer a...