ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,798, issued on July 22, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Thermoplastic composition for 3D printing" was invented by Luca Mario Marchese (Arese, Italy), Fabio Angelo Spada (Carate Brianza, Italy) and Joerg Uebele (Steinheim-Hoepfigheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition comprising an amorphous polyamide polymer for use in 3D printing, the respective use and methods for forming objects by 3D printing using the thermoplastic compositions described herein."

The patent was filed on Oct. 6, 2023, under Application No. 18/482,340.

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