ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,006, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Peridot Print LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Solubilized avobenzone fusing agents" was invented by Kyle Wycoff (Palo Alto, Calif.), Adekunle Olubummo (Palo Alto, Calif.), Aja Hartman (Palo Alto, Calif.), Michelle Niu (Palo Alto, Calif.), Krzysztof Nauka (Palo Alto, Calif.), Emily Levin (San Diego) and Emre Hiro Discekici (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fusing agent for three-dimensional printing can include from about 5 wt % to about 40 wt % water; from about 4 wt % to about 60 wt % C7 to C12 aliphatic ester cosolvent; and from about 0.5 wt % to about 10 wt % solubilized avobenzone."

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