US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL on April 22 for "Support material for fused deposition modeling, and manufacturing method of fused deposition modeled structure and three-dimensional object using same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,549, issued on April 22, was assigned to MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Support material for fused deposition modeling, and manufacturing method of fused deposition modeled structure and three-dimensional object using same" was invented by Norihito Sakai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a support material for a fused deposition modeling. The support material has excellent adhesion to a variety of model materials and is easily dissolved and removed by washing with water. Also, the waste liquid (PVA-based aqueous solution) generated after the washing operation may be allowed to be drained as it is, in compliance w...