ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,389, issued on May 13, was assigned to EPOCH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for manufacturing slash molding mold" was invented by Koichi Nishino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a slash molding mold includes: modeling a desired molded article by 3D CAD; and modeling, by 3D CAD, the slash molding mold in consideration of a predetermined shrinkage ratio with respect to the molded article. The method further includes: performing shaping using a metal 3D printer based on data of the slash molding mold."

The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2022, under Application No. 17/992,133.

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