ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,870, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Liquid Wire Inc. (Portland, Ore.).
"Deposition with solid feedstock" was invented by Jorge E. Carbo Jr. (Portland, Ore.) and Trevor Antonio Rivera (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include providing a fluid material, solidifying the fluid material, providing a substrate, and depositing the solidified fluid material on the substrate. Providing the fluid material may include providing a mold, and filling the mold with the fluid material. Solidifying the fluid material may include solidifying the fluid material in a mold, and removing the solidified fluid material from th...