ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,648, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MIMAKI ENGINEERING Co. Ltd. (Nagano, Japan).

"Repairing method for shaped object, shaping system, and manufacturing method for attachment member" was invented by Kenji Harayama (Nagano, Japan) and Masayuki Furuse (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repairing method for a shaped object includes: preparing a defective portion part to be attached to a defective portion in a repair target shaped object; creating a repair patch which is an attachment member to be attached to at least one part of the repair target shaped object; and attaching the repair patch to cover at least one part of...