ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,616, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE POUR L'AGRICULTURE L'ALIMENTATION ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT (Paris) and ECOLE NATIONALE VETERINAIRE AGROALIMENTAIRE ET DE L'ALIMENTATION (Nantes, France).
"Method of additive manufacturing by hot-extrusion" was invented by Alain Le-Bail (Nantes, France), Bianca Maniglia (Franca, Brazil) and Patricia Le-Bail (Nantes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of additive manufacturing by hot-extrusion, which method of additive manufacturing includes the following successive steps: a providing step, wherein a printable composition is provided, the printabl...