ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,048, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Gradient printing a three-dimensional structural component" was invented by Todd W. Miller (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are described herein for printing a three-dimensional structural component onto a base. For example, a method can include receiving a set of predetermined thicknesses for the three-dimensional structural component, instructing a printing device to print a set of layers of the three-dimensional structural component onto the base, and printing the three-dimensional structural component onto the base using the set of predete...