ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,537, issued on June 24, was assigned to JABIL INC. (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Apparatus, system and method of providing a FFF printing nozzle" was invented by Erik Gjovik (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and William J. MacNeish III (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system and method for providing a nozzle having refined print control and enhanced printing speed by providing, on the inside or outside or on an interstitial substrate layer, of any metallic or non-metallic nozzle of a non-conductive surface suitable to support sensors relevant to the FFF process. Heat, force, flow, strain, stress, extrusion force, an...