US Patent Issued to General Electric on Aug. 26 for "Water-based binder solutions for use in additive manufacturing processes" (New York, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,261, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Water-based binder solutions for use in additive manufacturing processes" was invented by Arunkumar Natarajan (Mason, Ohio), William C. Alberts (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and Vadim Bromberg (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a water-based binder solution for use in additive manufacturing, includes a thermoplastic binder. The thermoplastic binder includes a first polymer strand having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from greater than or equal to 5,000 g/mol to less than or equal to 15,000 g/mol, a second polymer...