ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,468, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ICON Technology Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Systems and methods for the construction of structures utilizing additive manufacturing techniques" was invented by Alex Le Roux (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a constructions system for constructing a structure atop a foundation are disclosed. In an embodiment, the construction system includes a rail assembly. The rail assembly is configured to be mounted to the foundation. In addition, the construction system includes a gantry movably disposed on the rail assembly. The gantry is configured to translate along a first axis relat...