ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,656, issued on June 17, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Methods of forming or repairing part with overhung section, and related turbomachine part" was invented by Jason Neville (Greenville, S.C.), Jillian Jamison Woolridge (Greenville, S.C.), Jacob Andrew Salm (Greenville, S.C.) and Kassy Moy Hart (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method of forming or repairing a part with an overhung section. The method may include removing a portion, and adding a section to the part. The section includes the overhung section. The adding includes sequentially layering at least one plurality of mat...