ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,247, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional printed polymer objects" was invented by Krzysztof Nauka (Palo Alto, Calif.), Vladek P Kasperchik (Corvallis, Ore.) and Ingeborg Tastl (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional (3D) printed object is described. The 3D printed object comprises a polymer. A surface of the 3D printed object comprises the polymer 5 and a UV absorbing colorant. The surface has a surface area roughness Sa (arithmetical mean height) of less than equal to5.0 micro metre. A method for preparing a three dimensional (3D) printed object h...