ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,664, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MARKFORGED INC (Waltham, Mass.).

"Thermoset injection into fused filament fabrication parts with discontinuous and/or continuous reinforcement" was invented by Jessica Faust (Tyngsboro, Mass.), Joseph Roy-Mayhew (Watertown, Mass.), Peter Kelly (Boston), Benjamin Hodsdon Gallup (Acton, Mass.) and Jonathan Matthew Bond (Medfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of infiltrating a three-dimensional part with a resin are disclosed. The methods include designing a part to be printed, the part having at least one inlet and an infill pattern. The methods include using three-dimensional print...