US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Dec. 2 for "Click-chemistry compatible structures, click-chemistry functionalized structures, and materials and methods for making the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,521, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Click-chemistry compatible structures, click-chemistry functionalized structures, and materials and methods for making the same" was invented by Patrick Campbell (Oakland, Calif.), Eric Duoss (Dublin, Calif.) and James Oakdale (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one exemplary embodiment, a method includes exposing one or more portions of an additive manufacturing resin to light; where the light includes a wavelength configured to cause a photo polymerizable compound in the additive manufacturing resin to...