US Patent Issued to Forge Nano on April 15 for "Modification of particles for additive manufacturing" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,065, issued on April 15, was assigned to Forge Nano Inc. (Thornton, Colo.).

"Modification of particles for additive manufacturing" was invented by John Barnes (Broomfield, Colo.), Karen Buechler (Broomfield, Colo.), Christopher Gump (Broomfield, Colo.), Daniel Higgs (Broomfield, Colo.), Paul Nelson (Broomfield, Colo.) and Wayne Simmons (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Molecular Layer Deposition (MLD) provide precise and conformal coatings that are employed to modify the properties of powders for additive manufacturing (AM). We have surprisingly discovered that use of a limited number ...