US Patent Issued to Formlabs on Nov. 18 for "Composite material reinforced stereolithography methods and systems" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,683, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Formlabs Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).

"Composite material reinforced stereolithography methods and systems" was invented by Jackson Hamilton (Somerville, Mass.), Cole Durbin (Cambridge, Mass.) and Maxim Lobovsky (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a three-dimensional object on an additive fabrication device includes placing a first composite material patch on a bottom of a vessel of the additive fabrication device. The method also includes moving a build plate of the additive fabrication device whereby at least one of the build platform or a layer of at least pa...