ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,387, issued on May 13, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Three-dimensional printing" was invented by Vladek Kasperchik (Corvallis, Ore.), Krzysztof Nauka (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Mohammed S. Shaarawi (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are kits, methods, and systems for printing metal three-dimensional objects. In an example, described is a kit for three-dimensional printing comprising: powdered metal build material; and a binding fluid comprising a liquid vehicle, metal or metal precursor particles, and latex polymer particles dispersed in the liquid vehicle, wherein the latex polyme...