ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,796, issued on May 27, was assigned to ICON Technology Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Topologically adaptive toolpath generation system and method for additively constructing a building structure" was invented by Evan M. Jensen (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for constructing a building structure, and specifically a wall of the structure, using a toolpath generation system and method to compensate for an uneven or unlevel foundation surface on which the wall is additively formed. The system includes a printing assembly and a mechanism for measuring a three dimensional topology of the surface. A processor is...