ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,408, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Genesee Valley Innovations LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Techniques to process three-dimensional object files while maintaining privacy" was invented by Shantanu Rane (Palo Alto, Calif.), Alejandro E. Brito (Mountain View, Calif.) and Morad Behandish (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides techniques for finding non-printable features in a three-dimensional (3D) printable object. An example method includes receiving a first encrypted file and a request to process the first encrypted file to identify non-printable features of a 3D printable object, wherein...