ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,055, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (Munich).

"Thermally crosslinkable composition for use as a binder in a binder jetting process" was invented by Sebastian Boris Hein (Lilienthal, Germany) and Claus Aumund-Kopp (Bremen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the use of a liquid composition comprising one or more monomers for the production of a polyester, of a polyamide or of a polyesteramide, where at least one monomer is at least trifunctional, as binder in the binder-jetting process. The invention further relates to a proces...