ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,315, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mechnano LLC (Mesa, Ariz.).

"Dispersions and manufacturing technologies for additive manufacturing comprising discrete carbon nanotubes" was invented by Clive P. Bosnvak (Dripping Springs, Texas), Kurt W. Swogger (Austin, Texas), Steven Lowder (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Olga Ivanova (Queen Creek, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to additive manufacturing compositions and methods for producing additive manufacturing composite blends with oxidized discrete carbon nanotubes with dispersion agents bonded to at least one sidewall of the oxidized discrete carbon nano...