ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,386, issued on May 13, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Three-dimensional printing kits" was invented by Pavan Suri (Corvallis, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-dimensional printing kit can include a binding agent and a particulate build material. The binding agent can include a binder in an aqueous liquid vehicle. The particulate build material can include from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % metal particles that can have a D50 particle size from about 5 micro metre to about 200 micro metre. Individual metal particles can include an iron-containing core and can have an oxidation barrier formed thereon. Th...