ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. RE50,427, issued on May 13, was assigned to MARKFORGED INC. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Sintering furnace" was invented by Gregory Thomas Mark (Newton, Mass.), Rick Bryan Woodruff (Somerville, Mass.), Keith Durand (Somerville, Mass.), Benjamin Hodsdon Gallup (Acton, Mass.) and Michelle Ling Chao (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a furnace for debinding and sintering additively manufactured parts comprising a unitarily formed retort having at least one open side, a heater for heating a sintering volume within the retort to a debinding temperature and to a sintering temperature, an en...