ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,687, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Three-dimensional printing" was invented by Emre Hiro Discekici (San Diego), Carolin Fleischmann (San Diego), Shannon Reuben Woodruff (San Diego) and Alay Yemane (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example of a three-dimensional (3D) build material composition includes from about 70 wt % to about 95 wt % of polyamide particles, based upon a total weight of the build material composition; and from about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % of biodegradable polyester filler particles, based upon the total weight of the build material composition. The biodegrada...