ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,975, issued on May 20, was assigned to Nikon Corp. (Japan).

"Analyzer system for aligning and focusing an energy beam in a three-dimensional printer" was invented by Michael Birk Binnard (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing machine (10) for building an object (11) from a material (12) includes a build platform (16), a platform mover assembly (20), a material supply (22), an irradiation device (26), and an analyzer system (30). The platform mover assembly (20) moves the build platform (16) about a platform movement axis (48X) and along the platform movement axis (48X). The material supply (22) supplies material...