ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,801, issued on March 18, was assigned to FABRIC8LABS INC. (San Diego).

"Electrochemical-deposition system, apparatus, and method using optically-controlled deposition electrodes" was invented by David Pain (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Andrew Edmonds (Oceanside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical-deposition apparatus includes an electrode array, a photoconductor, an electrically conductive layer, an electromagnetic-radiation emitter, an electric-power source, and a controller. The controller is configured to direct electric power to be supplied from the electric-power source to the electrically conductive layer and di...