US Patent Issued to Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies on Sept. 16 for "Material processing methods and related apparatus" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,234, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Ltd. (Leicestershire, Great Britain).

"Material processing methods and related apparatus" was invented by Peter Coates (Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain) and Jason B. Jones (Fairview, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application describes a machine tool adapted and arranged to carry out removal and addition of material on a work piece located in a work station, the machine having a first head arranged to remove material from the work piece and at least a second head arranged to process the work piece, each of the first and second heads being arranged t...